Mukulabhaṭṭa’s Defense of Lakṣaṇā: How We Use Words to Mean Something Else, But Not Everything Else

Keating, Malcolm

doi:10.1007/s10781-013-9184-5

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“…47 I think that a disjunctive syllogism is not anumāna and is a truth of reason; for one can know it without depending on observation. Keating (2013) claims that arthāpatti, especially śrutārthāpatti, 'forms the basis of both semantic and pragmatic processes' involved in lakṣaṇā. 48 I shall argue that arthāpatti is not essential to lakṣaṇā.…”

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Arthāpatti (postulation) does not depend on observation of pervasion or background belief. It is certain in the sense that when S cognizes P through postulation, no other epistemic instrument (pramāṇa) would invalidate P. The Naiyāyika tries to reduce postulation to anumāna and/or tarka. I shall argue that it is neither. Due to its explanatory role, one may think that postulation plays an essential role in lakṣaṇā or indication. But this too is a misconception. Both tarka and lakṣaṇā depend on observation and background knowledge. Neither of them has the epistemic certainty postulation enjoys. I think, due to its observation-independent nature and certainty, postulation can be seen as the source of the knowledge of the truths of reason.

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“…In a recently published paper, Keating (2013) has claimed that postulation is something like abduction. He thinks that postulation plays an essential role in lakṣaṇā or indication.…”

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Mukulabhaṭṭa’s Defense of Lakṣaṇā: How We Use Words to Mean Something Else, But Not Everything Else

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