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Apoha (Sanskrit: अपोह) is a
Buddhist epistemological theory first proposed by the
philosopher Dignāga (c. 480 – c. 540 CE) in his
seminal text Pramāṇasamuccaya...
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knowledge and
introduced the
widely influential theory of "exclusion" (
apoha) to
explain linguistic meaning. His work on language,
inferential reasoning...
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mental features and not
truly existent. To do this he
introduced the idea of
Apoha, that the way the mind
recognizes is by
comparing and
negating known objects...
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positive theory of nominalism,
known as the
apoha theory,
which denies the
existence of universals. The
apoha theory identifies particulars through double...
- "moderate" nominalism.
Examples of
nominalists include Buddhist logicians and
apoha theorists, the
medieval philosophers Roscelin of Compiègne and
William of...
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Routledge India, and
Indian Institute of
Advanced Study, Shimla, 2013.
Apoha:
Buddhist Nominalism and
Human Cognition (Co-edited with Mark
Siderits and...
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members share in common. On the contrary,
universal classes are
exclusions (
apoha). As such, the "cow" class, for example, is
composed of all
exclusions common...
- Sanskrit, the Nyāyabinduṭīkā,
while others survive in
Tibetan translation.
Apoha-nāma-prakaraṇa (gzhan sel ba zhes bya ba'i rab tu b**** pa) Kṣaṇabhaṅgasiddhi...
- Event: dharma, chos Event-****ociate: dharmin, chos can Exclusion:
Apoha, sel ba (Anya-
apoha:
gzhan sel ba) Exemplification: drstanta, dpe Inference: anumana...
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logic and
epistemology (pramāṇa),
especially the
theory of "exclusion" (
apoha)
outlined by
Dignaga (c. 480 – c. 540 CE) and how it
relates to the philosophy...
