#inference-to-the-best-explanation

¶ Devadatta is fat but never eats by day: is Mīmāṃsā “postulation” just inference to the best explanation?

When I teach sources of knowledge comparatively, I like to point out that the European and Indian debates ask different questions. The European one asks which source does the real work, senses or reason. The Indian one asks how many irreducible sources…