Nature and Convention
Are there natural truths? Or are there only conventional truths?
To elaborate: Indian linguists either support the theory of natural (originary) meaning, as Mimamsakas do, or maintain that meanings are conventional, as Naiyayikas do. A similar debate is present in Greek philosophy.
But the nature/convention option concerns at least two other philosophical areas: morality (are there naturally true moral values?) and mathematic (do mathematical truths reflect an external reality, or are just conventionally true in a close system?)
To elaborate: Indian linguists either support the theory of natural (originary) meaning, as Mimamsakas do, or maintain that meanings are conventional, as Naiyayikas do. A similar debate is present in Greek philosophy.
But the nature/convention option concerns at least two other philosophical areas: morality (are there naturally true moral values?) and mathematic (do mathematical truths reflect an external reality, or are just conventionally true in a close system?)