The Nyāya inference from 'judgement must inhere in a substance' to 'that substance is a permanent self' illicitly assumes the Vaiśeṣika category scheme rather than establishing it.
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A component of epistemology in Nyāya philosophy; a veritable inference yields knowledge about the world and must have premises that are themselves known
inhere in(how properties belong to physical objects)
To exist as a natural part of something; to belong to or be contained within.
permanent self(Āryadeva's critique of non-Buddhist schools asserting an unchanging personal identity)
A self that cannot undergo change, and therefore cannot be harmed or destroyed.
substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence)
The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence