If the operative condition of inference is defined by combining prior premises, then dreams and false memories that combine propositions would qualify as genuine inferential cognitions, violating the pramāṇa requirement of producing veridical knowledge.

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epistemology(Contrasted with purely descriptive scientific inquiry): A normative enterprise that tells us how we ought to reason from evidence and how we ought to justify our beliefs, as distinct from merely describing how we do reason or justify beliefs
inference(Nyāya epistemology): A component of epistemology in Nyāya philosophy; a veritable inference yields knowledge about the world and must have premises that are themselves known
inferential cognitions(as used in epistemology): Thoughts or beliefs that you arrive at by reasoning through evidence, rather than by direct observation or experience.
knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.): Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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