[INDOLOGY] nyaya and regress

[Shrinivasa Varakhedi]

Dear All

This is very pertinent question in the context of verification process of
truthfulness of knowledge. Infinite regress or anavasthaa is a problem for
all philosophers for which Nyaya also tries to find an answer. In fact it
is a very serious problem in Nyaya. In order resolve this Nyaya school
considers two step higher order in knowledge. As per this agreement, a
cognitive event could be grasped only if it is desired so at secondary
level. First level cognition is cognised by second one but second one need
not be compulsorily cognised. Therefore no need of another cognition which
will lead to Anavastha otherwise.

Prof.Shrinivasa Varakhedi


On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 at 7:18 AM, Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Andrea Lorene Gutierrez kindly pointed out to me that ‘atiprasṅga’, a
> synonym of anavasthā, is found in Yoga-sūtra 4.21
> cittāntara-dṛśye buddhi-buddher atiprasaṅgaḥ smṛti-saṅkaraś ca
>
> Best,
> Howard
>
> > On Jun 6, 2024, at 2:42 AM, Brendan S. Gillon, Prof. via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > I am travelling now and so cannot check this, however, I have a note to
> > the effect that `anavasthaa' is mentioned as a fault in Pata~njali's
> > Mahaabhaa.sya to A 2.1.1. My source is Esther Solomon's Indian
> > Dialectics 1976 p. 29. (I failed to note whether the page is in the
> > first volume or in the second.)
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Brendan
> >
> >
> > On 2024-06-04 06:18, Franco via INDOLOGY wrote:
> >> Dear Howard,
> >> The earliest surviving example is probably in the Vigrahavyavartani,
> where the possibility of pramanas being proved by other pramanas is
> rejected because this would lead to an infinite regress. Most scholars
> think that Nagarjuna argues there agains the Nyaya, but I take the opponent
> to be an Abhidharmika.
> >> Best wishes,
> >> Eli
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>> On 04.06.2024, at 11:05, Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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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