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| − | [[Evidence]] (Skt. ''[[liṅga]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རྟགས]]}}{{BigTibetan|་}}; ''[[rtags]]'') in [[pramana]] is defined as "[[something which enables us to know something else]]".<ref>Note that the technical definition is often given as "[[whatever is arranged as evidence]]" (''[[rtags su bkod pa rtags kyi mtshan nyid]]'')</ref> For example, in the well-known [[logical]] argument, the presence of smoke rising over the mountain pass can be the {{Wiki|evidence}} enabling us to know that there is [[fire]] behind the mountain. | + | [[Evidence]] (Skt. ''[[liṅga]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རྟགས]]}}{{BigTibetan|་}}; ''[[rtags]]'') in [[pramana]] is defined as "[[something which enables us to know something else]]".<ref>Note that the technical [[definition]] is often given as "[[whatever is arranged as evidence]]" (''[[rtags su bkod pa rtags kyi mtshan nyid]]'')</ref> For example, in the well-known [[logical]] argument, the presence of smoke rising over the [[mountain pass]] can be the {{Wiki|evidence}} enabling us to know that there is [[fire]] behind the mountain. |
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Latest revision as of 05:30, 5 March 2015
Evidence (Skt. liṅga; Tib. རྟགས་; rtags) in pramana is defined as "something which enables us to know something else".[1] 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[2] is divided into three types:
Alternative Translations
- Logical reason (Tillemans)
Notes
- ↑ Note that the technical definition is often given as "whatever is arranged as evidence" (rtags su bkod pa rtags kyi mtshan nyid)
- ↑ These are also the three types of reason (གཏན་ཚིགས་, gtan tshigs)
