Epistemology in classical India : the knowledge sources of the Nyāya school / Stephen Phillips.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-186) and index.

1. Historical and Conceptual Introduction 2. Certification 3. Perception 4. Inference 5. Analogy 6. Testimony 7. Lessons for Analytic Epistemology Appendix: The Analogy Chapter of {u2018}{u2018}(Wish-Fulfilling) Jewel of Reflection on the Truth (about Epistemology),{u2019}{u2019} Tattva-cintā-mani, by Gangeśa Notes Sanskrit Glossary Texts and Translations.

In this book, Phillips gives an overview of the contribution of Nyaya--the classical Indian school that defends an externalist position about knowledge as well as an internalist position about justification. Nyaya literature extends almost two thousand years and comprises hundreds of texts, and in this book, Phillips presents a useful overview of the under-studied system of thought. For the philosopher rather than the scholar of Sanskrit, the book makes a whole range of Nyaya positions and arguments accessible to students of epistemology who are unfamiliar with classical Indian systems.