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	Podcast:		The Philosopher's Zone - Program podcast
	Episode:		Logic in Indian philosophy
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:28:27
	Publish Date:		2021-05-02 07:30:00
	Description:		Logic in Western philosophy can have formal perfection, but limited epistemic value. "All chairs are 50 feet tall, my mother is a chair, therefore my mother is 50 feet tall" is a sound piece of logical deduction, but it doesn't tell us anything true or useful about the world. In Indian intellectual tradition, logic is more like scientific reasoning - its aim is to increase knowledge. This week we're looking at logic in one of the classical schools of Indian philosophy.
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