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Vātsyāyana explains how the parts of an argument help a hearer examine its support. His account of inference connects a remembered relation with perception of a sign in the present case.
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Inference under challenge · Lesson 1 of 2
Nyāya: what warrants an inference?
Setting out a Nyāya inference in five parts does not establish its warrant: the sign must be connected to what it proves, in the right direction. A countercase can expose an additional condition without showing that the conclusion is false.
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Inference under challenge
What makes a sign a reason to believe something we cannot see? Follow selected Nyāya accounts and Dharmakīrti’s argument to examine the connection a sign needs, our grounds for relying on it and what a countercase can show.