theory of exclusion (apoha)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
Buddhist epistemology concept
gptkbp:debatedBy Mīmāṃsā philosophers
Nyāya philosophers
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Dignāga
gptkb:Dharmakīrti
gptkbp:explains gptkb:Pramāṇasamuccaya
gptkb:Pramāṇavārttika
gptkbp:hasConcept concepts are defined by exclusion of what they are not
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label theory of exclusion (apoha)
gptkbp:influenced later Buddhist philosophy
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:nameInSanskrit apoha
gptkbp:opposedBy realist theory of universals
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:relatedTo philosophy of language
scholasticism
gptkbp:usedIn Buddhist logic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jnana_Srimitra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7