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In this article, I shall focus on the four terms of the title. The implications of the present remarks will be argued elsewhere.
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Daye, D.D. (1985). Some Epistemologically Misleading Expressions: “Inference” and “Anumāna”, “Perception” and “Pratyakṣa”. In: Matilal, B.K., Shaw, J.L. (eds) Analytical Philosophy in Comparative Perspective. Synthese Library, vol 178. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6499-0_12
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