anumana
अनुमान anumānaInference: knowledge of what is unseen from what is seen, governed by a pervasion (vyapti) such as 'where there is smoke there is fire'.
Where this term appears
- Charvaka: the Indian materialists Philosophy
The usual candidates were perception ( pratyaksha ), inference ( anumana ), and verbal testimony, especially scripture ( shabda ).
- What is Mimamsa? Philosophy
There is pratyaksha , perception; anumana , inference; upamana , comparison, the recognition of a thing from a likeness previously described; shabda , reliable verbal testimony, which for an orthodox school inc…
- What is Nyaya? Philosophy
The second is anumana , inference, the movement from what is seen to what is not.