आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Source: TW

I do think it has a general place in nayyAyika cognate of “philosophy of science” (or should we say knowledge). But I’m not too stirred right now to dredge up vAkya-s from various source texts but will leave this schematic I made for a talk.

कल्पना Hypothesis
उपपत्तिः Does it explain the facts?
निर्णीतः Successfully explains
सिद्धान्तः Theory

दृष्ट-सिद्धये ह्य् अदृष्टं कल्प्यते, न दृष्ट-विघाताय ।