Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part One)
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Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part One)

From The Partially Examined Life Mark Linsenmayer

On The Nyaya Sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries, originally by Gautama (ca. 150 CE), plus explanations by Vatsyayana (450 CE), Uddyotakara (550), and Vācaspatimiśra (900), and the editors Matthew Dasti and Stephen Phillips (2017).

We discuss "knowledge sources," mostly in this part the various kinds of perception, which is supposed to be inerrant and non-linguistic. Illusions aren't bad perceptions; they aren't perceptions at all.

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