[Advaita-l] Falsifiability, “hypothesis—->experiment——->conclusion”
Raghav Kumar Dwivedula
raghavkumar00 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 3 12:42:18 EDT 2025
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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