Classical Indian Philosophy of Induction: The Nyaya Viewpoint

The work gives a survey of major contemporary, western and Indian views on the problem of induction and offers a solution to the classical problem of induction and the Grue paradox following the Nyaya perspective. The main focus is on Gangesa, the founder of Navya Nyaya, but other views including those of Buddhists, Jains, Vedantins, Carvaka, Hume, Russell, Reichenbach, Carnap, Popper, Goodman, and Quine are also discussed.

• | Author: Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: May 06, 2010
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0739122762
• | ISBN-13: 9780739122761