Indian philosophy
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In India the Upaniṣads, Buddhism, Jainism and the six classical Hindu schools (darśanas) developed deep systems on being, knowledge and liberation. The Nyāya school counts perception, inference, comparison and reliable testimony as sources of knowledge. Nāgārjuna's philosophy of "emptiness" (śūnyatā) holds that everything exists dependently on other things.
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Pramāṇa theory discusses the valid means of knowledge, and schools differ over their number: Cārvāka accepts only perception, Nyāya four pramāṇas. The Vaiśeṣika school developed an atomist natural philosophy (paramāṇu). Advaita Vedānta holds the identity of the individual self (ātman) and absolute reality (brahman).
Claims
- The individual self (ātman) and absolute reality (brahman) are in essence identical (Advaita Vedānta).[1]
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- EncyclopediaEpistemology in Classical Indian Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyplato.stanford.eduarchive
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Athena contributors. (2026). Indian philosophy. Athena: The tree of human knowledge. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://latifkedi.github.io/athena/en/d/hint-felsefesi/
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