Apoha (Sanskrit: अपोह) is a Buddhist epistemological theory first proposed by the philosopher Dignāga (c. 480 – c. 540 CE) in his seminal text Pramāṇasamuccaya...

knowledge and introduced the widely influential theory of "exclusion" (apoha) to explain linguistic meaning. His work on language, inferential reasoning...

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...

Sanskrit, the Nyāyabinduṭīkā, while others survive in Tibetan translation. Apoha-nāma-prakaraṇa (gzhan sel ba zhes bya ba'i rab tu byed pa) Kṣaṇabhaṅgasiddhi...

"moderate" nominalism. Examples of nominalists include Buddhist logicians and apoha theorists, the medieval philosophers Roscelin of Compiègne and William of...

positive theory of nominalism, known as the apoha theory, which denies the existence of universals. The apoha theory identifies particulars through double...

Routledge India, and Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2013. Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism and Human Cognition (Co-edited with Mark Siderits and...

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...

structure and types of formal inference and the apoha (exclusion) theory of meaning. Dan Arnold writes that apoha is: "the idea that concepts are more precise...

Event: dharma, chos Event-associate: dharmin, chos can Exclusion: Apoha, sel ba (Anya-apoha: gzhan sel ba) Exemplification: drstanta, dpe Inference: anumana...

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...

Center for Buddhist Translation and Research Shoryu Katsura, "The Theory of Apoha in Kuiji’s Cheng weishi lun Shuji" pp. 101–120 in: Chen-kuo Lin / Michael...

perceptual content, Dharmakirti takes up Dignaga's theory of "exclusion" (apoha). Dignāga's view is that "a word talks about entities only as they are qualified...

Philosophy & Literature 35 (2011): 269–281, with Panayiota Vassilopoulou. “Apoha, feature-placing, and sensory content,” in Buddhist Semantics and Human...

borrowed and developed by Utpaladeva are the theories of anupalabdhi and apoha. Utpaladeva also draws on the linguistic metaphysics of the grammarian Bhartr̥hari...

invariable concomitance or pervasion. To this end, a doctrine known as "apoha" or differentiation was developed. This involved what might be called inclusion...

[2] (accessed: December 12, 2007) Katsura, Shoryu (2014). The Theory of Apoha in Kuiji’s "Cheng weishi lun Shuji" (Katsura, Shoryu). In Lin, Chen-kuo...

T.J.F. (1986b). «Identity and Referential Opacity in Tibetan Buddhist apoha Theory», in B. K. Matilal et R.D. Evans (eds.), Buddhist Logic and Epistemology...

arrays of proposition P [and its 'inseparable contradistinction' (Sanskrit: apoha)]. The eight arrays or octaves of the iconographic Dharmacakra represent...

include: Apohasiddhi - This text focuses on the key theory of exclusion (apoha) and defends his views on it from critics Īśvarasādhanadūṣaṇa - This work...

and all the methods of proof or refutation. According to the doctrine of apoha (gshan-sel-wa in Tibetan), an entity is defined as the negation of its opposite;...