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The nature of perception according to Charvaka can be said to be
A
Authentic
B
Inauthentic
C
Both (A) and (B)
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the Carvakas, perception is held to be two kinds, (a) External and (b) Internal, that means perception is produced by external sense organs or by the inner sense, mind. ‘) The external perception means the contact between five sense organ and the objects.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Charvaka epistemology holds perception as the primary and proper source of knowledge, while inference is held as prone to being either right or wrong and therefore conditional or invalid. Perceptions are of two types, for Charvaka, external and internal.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. In order to establish the view, they have criticised the other possibity of the other source of knowledge.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charvaka, also called Lokayata (Sanskrit: “Worldly Ones”), a philosophical Indian school of materialists who rejected the notion of an afterworld, karma, liberation (moksha), the authority of the sacred scriptures, the Vedas, and the immortality of the self.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to Charvaka, body with consciousness is the soul. Behind and beyond the material body there is no soul.

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