EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Charvakas have challenged the validity of
A
Inference
B
Scriptures
C
Both (A) and (B)
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Charvakas rejected many of the standard religious conceptions of Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Ajivakas, such as an afterlife, reincarnation, samsara, karma and religious rites.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perception Is The Only Source Of Knowledge :-The. philosophy of Carvaka is based on their theory of knowledge. The Carvaka hold that Perception is the only pramana or dependable source of knowledge.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because of its open disregard of Hindu deities and rituals, Charvaka garnered a good amount of criticism. Followers of Charvaka were often accused of being run on their own self-interests and of being hedonists and opportunists, wanting to accumulate material gains by professing a school of thought that validates it.

Detailed explanation-4: -These are perception, inference, comparison, verbal testimony, postulation and non-perception. Of them the Carvaka school claims that perception is the only pramana or dependable source of knowledge.

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