Nyaya
The Indian school of logic: true knowledge comes from valid means of knowing
Key ideas
- Four means of knowledge: perception, inference, comparison and testimony
- A five-part syllogism
- Rules of debate and an analysis of fallacies
- Navya-Nyaya, the "new logic", from the 13th century
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