Indian Logic

Erden Miray Yazgan

Department of Philosophy
University of Istambul, Turkey

India, which has a different culture and language, is one of the oldest civilizations of the world history today. And there is no doubt that predominant way of thinking in India is closely related with occurring philosophical thinking and logic in India.

Today, when we say Indian Philosophy and Indian Logic the first question we think about is, if there is a Western way of philosophical thinking in India and study of logic connected to it. Some say there is not. And some say there is. Eventually, this question obviously shows us that the study of different cultures and their ideologies is very important for understanding the interaction between civilizations and to have chance to find the differences, similarities and paralellism between their ways of thinking.

In this study we will discuss the systems of thought in India and logical studyings which are related with them. The importance of this study for us is the belief that, this study on Indian Logic will be an important source in the future field of the studies on comparing philosophical thoughts and logic.

Bibliography

J.Ganeri (ed), Indian Logic: A Reader. Routledge Curzon, 2001.

S.Brendan Gillon, (ed), 2010, Logic in earliest classical India, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.