Logic & Philosophy of Science
Jaina seven-valued logic (syadvada)
1st millennium CEJain philosophersJain logic textsPan-Indian / unspecified
1 CE
The saptabhangi: seven conditional truth-predicates capturing standpoint-relative truth.
- Dated
- 1 CE–1000
- As scholars put it
- 1st millennium CE
- Originator
- Jain philosophers
- Source text
- Jain logic texts
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Logic & Philosophy of Science
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Anticipates modern many-valued logic.
Fair to say
A standpoint-relative framework, not modern formal many-valued logic.
Path to modern innovation
Relevant to many-valued and modal logic.
Transmission
Independent development.
References
- 1J. Ganeri, Indian Logic
Further reading
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