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Indian philosophy

the Indian materialist school that, as its opponents and fragments report, accepted perception as the main means of knowledge and denied an afterlife.

In Indian philosophy, Carvaka refers to the Indian materialist school that, as its opponents and fragments report, accepted perception as the main means of knowledge and denied an afterlife. This meaning comes from Bhattacharya (2009) in Studies on the Cārvāka/Lokāyata.[1]

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knowledge6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs perception3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs school2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

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Bhattacharya, R. (2009). Studies on the Cārvāka/Lokāyata. Anthem Press. https://doi.org/10.7135/upo9780857289926

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