[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.s7.5 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s7.5 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s7.5 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.5) Dharmakīrti rules out the possibility of accepting other \*pramāṇas\* proposed in Nyāya, Mīmāṁsā and rest of the systems. He rejects \*anupalabdhi\* (non-apprehension) as a \*pramāṇa\*. The Mīmāṁsakas believe that \*anupalabdhi\* is a \*pramāṇa\* leading to the cognition of \*abhāva\* (absence). Any \*pravṛtti\* (inclination) is generated by \*buddhi\* (intelligence) after visualization of something that is \*bhāva\* (existent). A non-existent will not lead to \*pravṛtti\*, therefore \*anupalabdhi\* is not a \*pramāṇa\*. For Dharmakīrti \*anupalabdhi\* is just a type of probans. In his brilliant analysis of the apprehension of “non-apprehension” Dharmakīrti has given the concept of \*ekajñānasaṁsarga\* (co-cognizibility). The apprehension of \*abhāva\* (non-existence) in one place involves the apprehension of a co-cognizable object on the same place.⁵¹ In difference to both Mīmāṁsakas and Naiyāyikas again, he denies \*abhāva\* as a separate category. Determination of an object cannot prove the non-existence of another; hence absence cannot be proved by ignorance. - [Previous: c8.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.4) - [Next: c8.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.6) - [Up: c8.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s7.5) · Pramāṇa