Paksata: The Nature of the Inferential Locus (A Psychoepistemological Investigation of the Inferential Process)
Dravid, N.S.
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Book ID : 35380
ISBN-10 : 81-85636-99-0 / 8185636990
ISBN-13 : 978-81-85636-99-3 / 9788185636993
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2007
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English & Sanskrit
xxxxi, 174p., Gloss., 23 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
The topic of Paksata is a unique contribution of Neo-Indian logicians to a psycho-epistemological analysis of the nature of the minor term in inference. Giving a technical twist to the commonly-accepted meaning of the term, Raghunatha Siromani, the greatest Indian logician, has construed this meaning in terms of the definition of what may broadly be called a psychological condition of inference. The simple commonsensical fact that a non-inferentially known fact can be sought to be known even inferentially if it is so desired, is the basis of the definition. Various combinations of inferential desires and non-inferential cognitions resulting in or preventing the relevant inferences are considered in the discussion of the definition to arrive at a perfect fit of these factors in the definition. Many important issues connected with causality which bear upon the subject are also considered in the course of the discussion.
