General Studies · Indian Logic
'All animals with such and such features are either bisons or buffalos. This animal has those features and it is not a bison. Therefore it is a buffalo.' According to the Nyaya school, this argument exemplifies which one of the following pramanas (instruments of knowledge)?
- 1Sabda (Verbal authority)
- 2Upamana (Comparison)
- 3Anumana (Inference)
- 4Arthapatti (Postulation)✓
Correct answer
Arthapatti (Postulation)
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