Dharmakīrtian Inference

Abstract Dharmakīrti argues that there is no pramāṇa (valid means of cognition or source knowledge) for a thesis self-contradiction ( svavacanavirodha ). That is, self-contradictions such as ‘everything said false’ and ‘my mother barren’ cannot be known to true false. The contemporary scholar Tillemans challenges by arguing we can know are false formal logical inference. aims the paper answer Tillemans’ challenge from what take Dharmakīrti’s Dharmakīrtian (someone who like Dharmakīrti) perspective demonstrate unique features view By so doing, show epistemology in relation conception logic underlies problematic perspective. paper, thus, presents inference reasoning well dominant conception.