Dharmic Logico-Epistemology

A framework for logic and knowledge rooted in Dharmic traditions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism—incorporating concepts like karma, rebirth, non-duality, and the Four Noble Truths into epistemic practice. It challenges Western logic’s law of non‑contradiction by embracing paradox (e.g., Nagarjuna’s catuṣkoṭi, the fourfold negation). Dharmic epistemology recognizes multiple valid pramanas (means of knowledge): perception, inference, testimony, comparison, and non‑apprehension. It treats logic as embedded in spiritual practice and liberation, not merely formal deduction. This approach reveals that what Western philosophy calls “illogical” may be a different, coherent system with its own criteria for valid reasoning.

Dharmic Logico-Epistemology Example: “Her Dharmic logico‑epistemology analysis showed that a Buddhist ‘neither existence nor non‑existence’ isn’t a contradiction but a fourth logical value—a move Western logic can’t capture without paraconsistency.”

Dharmic Logico-Epistemology by Abzugal April 20, 2026