[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c8.s7.4 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s7.4 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s7.4 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.4) Nyāya is opposed to the theory of \*śabdānuvedha\* there can be no cognition without the verbal knowledge. If \*nirvikalpa jñāna\* is accepted, a distinction between perception and the verbalization of perceptual state is maintained. A child has the knowledge of the deep structures of language whereas what he learns later on is its surface structure.⁵⁰ - [Previous: c8.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.3) - [Next: c8.s7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.5) - [Up: c8.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.4) · Pramāṇa