Charvaka philosophy pdf4/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The value of the Carvaka philosophy, therefore, lies directly in supplying fresh philosophical problems and indirectly in compelling other thinkers to give up dogmatism, and become critical and cautious in speculation as well as in the statement of views.įinally, it may be noted that the contribution of Carvaka epistemology is not insignificant. As noted already, every system of Indian thought tried to meet the Carvaka objections and made the Carvaka a touchstone of its theories. ![]() Kant, one of the greatest philosophers of the West, recognised his debt to scepticism when he declared: ‘The scepticism of Hume roused me from my dogmatic slumber.’Īnd we may say that the Carvaka similarly saved Indian philosophy from dogmatism to a great extent. Philosophy, as critical speculation, claims to live chiefly on free thought and the more it can satisfy the skeptic, the sounder can it hope to be.īy questioning the soundness of popular notions, the sceptic sets new problems, by the solution of which philosophy becomes richer. Scepticism or agnosticism is only the expression of a free mind that refuses to accept traditional wisdom without a thorough criticism. ‘Carvaka’ in the mind of people at large is a term of reproach.īut it is useful for a student of philosophy to remember as well what Indian philosophy owes to the Carvaka. Like the Epicureans of Greece, the Carrvakas in India have been more hated than understood.
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