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Pramāṇa

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A pramāṇa is a means of knowledge, and it differs from mere confidence. How do the selected South Asian accounts justify relying on one?

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Guided course · Module 3 · Lesson 9
How can we tell whether we know?
Nyāya counts perception, inference and testimony among the ways of coming to know, and sets out an inference in five steps. How can inquiry check its own instruments without demanding certainty in advance?