INDIAN PSYCHOLOGY INSTITUTE
A.S. Dash — Utkal University, Bhubneshwar.
Psychology is the science of sciences, “the
greatest science”;
said Swami Vivekananda. Indian schools of thought recognize pratyaksha
(both experimental and intuitive), anumana (logical inferential resasoning),
shabda or aptabachanam (including experiential truth of competent authority),
upamana (analogy), arthapatti (presumption), and abhaba (privacy), as sources
of valid knowledge. It is argued that the methods of Indian Psychology
encompass all the methods of modern psychological sciences.
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