Editing History of logic (section)

==== Nyaya-Vaisheshika ====

Two of the six Indian schools of thought deal with logic: [[Nyaya]] and [[Vaisheshika]]. The [[Nyāya Sūtras]] of [[Aksapada Gautama]] (c. 2nd century AD) constitute the core texts of the Nyaya school, one of the six orthodox schools of [[Hindu]] philosophy. This [[Philosophical realism|realist]] school developed a rigid five-member schema of [[inference]] involving an initial premise, a reason, an example, an application, and a conclusion.<ref>Bochenski p. 417 and ''passim''</ref> The [[Idealism|idealist]] [[Buddhist philosophy]] became the chief opponent to the Naiyayikas.