Deontic Paradoxes in Mīmāṃsā Logics: There and Back Again

Abstract Centered around the analysis of prescriptive portion Vedas, Sanskrit philosophical school Mīmāṃsā provides a treasure trove normative investigations. We focus on leading authors Prabhākara, Kumārila and Maṇḍana, discuss three modal logics that formalize their deontic theories. In first part this paper, we use logic to analyze, compare clarify various solutions śyena controversy, two-thousand-year-old problem arising from seemingly conflicting commands in Vedas. second part, formalized theories are analyzed employed provide alternative perspectives well-known paradoxes contemporary field logic. Thus, go back again.