[INDOLOGY] nyaya and regress

[Howard Resnick]

Thank you Philipp. Very helpful.

All the best,
Howard

> On Jun 8, 2024, at 3:00 AM, Philipp Maas via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Dear Howard,
> On anavasthā and related terms in various systems of thought, see also Oberhammer, G. (1991). Terminologie der frühen indischen Scholastik in Indien. Vol. 1. A-I. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 32f.
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> Best wishes,
> 
> Philipp
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> Am Di., 4. Juni 2024 um 11:05 Uhr schrieb Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>:
>> Dear Scholars,
>> 
>> Does the nyāya system speak about the problem of an infinite regress of proofs? Aristotle famously identifies and then avoids this problem through the notion of a self-evident foundation or starting point of knowledge. In Western epistemology, this strategy is often called foundationalism.
>> 
>> Is there anything at all similar or analagous in nyāya or other Indian schools? The Caitanya-caritāmṛta several times affirms that the Veda is ’self-evident’, svataḥ pramāṇa, but the term is not used there as a general or secular epistemic strategy. Is the CC simply repeating a well-known epistemic principle?
>> 
>> All help will be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Howard
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