[Advaita-l] Falsifiability, “hypothesis—->experiment——->conclusion”

[Venkatraghavan S]

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On Sat, 4 Oct 2025, 10:56 Venkatraghavan S, <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Raghav ji,
>
> That is the deductive method of reasoning. The Indian nyAya system uses
> the inductive method.
>
>
> Regards
> Venkatraghavan
>
> On Sat, 4 Oct 2025, 00:42 Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Namaste
>> A recent discussion with a friend was on whether Indian nyAya or other IKS
>> had the ideas or showed application of -
>> 1. Hypothesis leading to experiment which in turns leads to confirmation
>> or
>> refutation of the hypothesis.
>> 2. Any concept equivalent to falsifiability (the principle that a
>> scientific statement or theory must be capable of being disproven through
>> evidence or experimentation to be considered scientifically valid)
>>
>> Or, are they purely western innovations in logic.
>>
>> My understanding is that the ideas of vyabhicArI hetus or viparIta
>> dRShTAntas etc cover such scenarios, but I request our learned members if
>> a
>> more accurate description is possible whether these ideas are already
>> present in nyAya etc.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Om
>>
>> Raghav
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