Induction is a simple approach to clinical and philosophical inquiry. The paintings seeks to teach opposed to the skeptical tide that the tactic is safe and trustworthy. the matter of induction has been a hotly debated factor in glossy and modern philosophy for the reason that David Hume. although, lengthy sooner than the trendy period Indian philosophers have addressed this challenge for approximately thousand years. This paintings examines a few significant Indian viewpoints together with these of Jayarasi (7th century), Dharmakirti (7th century), Prabhakara (8th century), Udayana (11th century) and Prabhacandra (14th century). It additionally discusses a few influential modern positions together with these of Russell, Strawson, Popper, Reichenbach, Carnap, Goodman and Quine. the main target is at the Nyaya view built by way of Gangesa (13th century). a considerable a part of the paintings is dedicated to annotated translation of chosen chapters from Gangesa's paintings facing the matter of induction with copious references to the later Nyaya philosophers together with Raghunatha (15th century), Mathuranatha (16th century), Jagadisa (17th century) and Gadadhara (17th century). An annotated translation of decisions from Sriharsa (12th century) of the Vedanta tuition, Prabhacandra of the Jaina tuition and Dharmakirti of the Buddhist institution is additionally incorporated. an answer is gifted to the classical challenge of induction and the Grue paradox in accordance with the Nyaya standpoint. the answer contains a controversy from counterfactual reasoning, arguments in safety of causality, analyses of circularity and logical economic system, arguments for aim universals and an issue from belief-behavior contradiction.