The self = the body
Evidence: such expressions as "I am fat"
Contrary evidence: such expressions as "My body"
Carvaka explanation of the contrary evidence: such expressions are metaphors
Carvaka moral views: hedonism
Carvaka debunking of Hinduism: priests want money
Carvaka attack on inference:
No experience can warrant the universality required; nothing can justify a claim of pervasion (cf. the Nyaya inferential terms)
(Wherever smoke there fire, All S is P, etc.)
The problem of inductive
generalization.
One answer: relations among universals.
Another answer: fallibilism coupled with a pragmatic need to guide behavior.