PROSPECTS FOR USING SEVEN-VALUED JAIN LOGIC TO IMPROVE THE FRAMEWORK OF PHILOSOPHICAL CATEGORIES

The article examines the possibility of using seven-valued Jain logic as a tool for clarifying and expanding the framework of philosophical categories. The point of departure is the assumption that interpreting logic exclusively as a means of establishing the truth of statements is insufficient for describing the real relations between the concepts employed by thought. In this context, formal logic is proposed to be understood more broadly, namely as a means of formalizing relations between the categories of natural and artificial language. On this basis, the basic construction of Jain logic, syādvāda, is analyzed, and a symmetric representation of its seven-valued structure is proposed, making it possible to compare it with a system of philosophical categories. It is shown that such a scheme allows for a new interpretation of the relations among the categories of matter, information, the material, and the ideal, and also makes it possible to consider multivalued logic as a means of classifying judgments without reducing them to the binary opposition of truth and falsehood. It is concluded that the seven-valued logical model may be regarded as a promising philosophical tool for the further analysis of complex forms of thinking and judgments represented in the contemporary information and communication environment.