The taste of the mango. A Jaina-Buddhist controversy on evidence

Gorisse, Marie-Helene

Abstract

In the classical framework of Indian philosophy, the different schools of thought agree on the fact that the correctness of an inference relies on a special universal relation standing between the probans, or evidence-property, and the probandum, or target-property. In this framework, there is a controversy between Buddhist and Jain philosophers concerning the characteristics of this universal relation. This article presents this controversy as developed in the Pariksamukham, the Introduction to Philosophical Investigation, an epistemological treatise written by the Digambara monk Manikyanandi (9th c.).

Citation

Gorisse, M.-H. (in press). The taste of the mango. A Jaina-Buddhist controversy on evidence. International Journal of Jaina Studies, 11(3), 1-19

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 11, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jul 14, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 14, 2016
• Journal: International Journal of Jaina Studies
• Electronic ISSN: 1748-1074
• Publisher: Centre of Jaina Studies
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 1-19
• Publisher URL: https://www.soas.ac.uk/research/publications/journals/ijjs/archive/international-journal-of-jaina-studies-ijjs-archive-2015.html