Buddhist epistemology, as codified in Dharmakīrti's Commentary on Valid Cognition (Pramāṇavārttika), lays out a systematic presentation of the means of knowledge and the rules for valid inference.
Pramana-varttika, ( Sanskrit: "Commentary on Valid Knowledge") perhaps the foremost work on Buddhist logic and epistemology, written in the 7th century.
In his own post Christensen added the statement: "In a world gone mad, it took less than 48 hours for my admittedly incorrect remarks regarding the Merrylands police station attack to become valid in wake of commentary by the political and media elite on the Munich attack".
In the Commentary on Valid Cognition (PV III, 194- 224) Dharmakīrti's addresses the issue of whether perception, as a source of knowledge, apprehends distinct spatio-temporal entities as aggregated wholes or aggregation is a conceptual construct and thus outside the domain of perceptual awareness.
Harris-Perry made some valid points in her commentary about the need for courageous leadership in the area of civil rights activism and the shortcomings of the bureaucratic dysfunction that many organizations face.
Sometimes these commentaries will offer valid critiques, but often these reactions are riddled with misunderstandings, and many seem to be based on media coverage rather than the original article describing the study.
Because of problems of space, I can't go into the details of these essays, but from all external signs, such as public reactions and expert commentary, they seem to contain valid insights.
The two most influential works of the Buddhist logico-epistemological tradition are Dignāga's Collection on Valid Cognition (Pramāṇasamuccaya; hereafter PS) and Dharmakīrti's Commentary on Valid Cognition (Pramāṇavārttika; hereafter PV).
A quick look at Facebook comments on a story like Jessica Halloran's valid criticism about the lack of women in AFL commentary provides a small window into a wider problem.
Greene's commentary does reaffirm that alternative opinions are valid and that as is always the case, further research is necessary.
