The Nyaya -concept (as Portrayed by Mr. K.K. Chakrabarti) of the Self as a Substance: Some Problems

Abstract

[Abstract: There are three very important Nyāya-notions concerning the Nyāya-concept of the self as a substance. These are: the Nyāya-notion of the perceptual basis of the inference of the self, the Nyāya-notion of the self as substantial whole and Naiyāyikas’ formal proofs for the existence of the self. In this paper, it has been argued that all these three Nyāya-notions are ill-founded and fallacious. Thus, it has been claimed in this paper that the Nyāya-concept of the self as a substance is problematic.]