EDUCATION UGC NET
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
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Nyaya
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Vedanta
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Mimamsa
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All of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nyaya, Vedanta and Mimamsa schools all accept upamana as a pramana.
Detailed explanation-2: -The accepted number of pramana varies, according to the philosophical system or school; the exegetic system of Mimamsa accepts five, whereas Vedanta as a whole proposes three.
Detailed explanation-3: -upamana, (Sanskrit: “comparison”) in Indian philosophy, the fourth of the five means (pramanas) by which one can have valid cognitions of the world. Upamana describes knowledge imparted by means of analogy.
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.