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==Subdivisions== | ==Subdivisions== | ||
Evidence is divided, first of all, into | Evidence is divided, first of all, into | ||
#correct evidence (''rtags yang dag'') in which the [[three modes]] are complete, and | #correct evidence ([[རྟགས་ཡང་དག་]], ''rtags yang dag'') in which the [[three modes]] are complete, and | ||
#incorrect evidence (''ltar snang'') | #incorrect evidence ([[ལྟར་སྣང་]], ''ltar snang'') | ||
Authentic evidence<ref>These are also the three types of reason (''gtan tshigs'')</ref> is divided into three types: | Authentic evidence<ref>These are also the three types of reason ([[གཏན་ཚིགས་]], ''gtan tshigs'')</ref> is divided into three types: | ||
#Non-observation (''mi dmigs pa'') | #Non-observation ([[མི་དམིགས་པ་]], ''mi dmigs pa'') | ||
#Nature (''rang bzhin'') | #Nature ([[རང་བཞིན་]], ''rang bzhin'') | ||
#Effect (''<nowiki>'</nowiki>bras bu'') | #Effect ([[འབྲས་བུ་]], ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>bras bu'') | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
Revision as of 09:14, 4 April 2011
Evidence (Skt. liṅga; Tib. རྟགས་; rtags) in pramana is defined as "something which enables us to know something else". For example, in the well-known logical argument, the presence of smoke rising over the mountain pass can be the evidence enabling us to know that there is fire behind the mountain.
Subdivisions
Evidence is divided, first of all, into
- correct evidence (རྟགས་ཡང་དག་, rtags yang dag) in which the three modes are complete, and
- incorrect evidence (ལྟར་སྣང་, ltar snang)
Authentic evidence[1] is divided into three types:
- Non-observation (མི་དམིགས་པ་, mi dmigs pa)
- Nature (རང་བཞིན་, rang bzhin)
- Effect (འབྲས་བུ་, 'bras bu)
Alternative Translations
- Logical reason (Tillemans)