Two Indian dialectical logics: saptabhangi and catuskoti

Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research 27 (1):45-75 (2010)
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A rational interpretation is proposed for two ancient Indian logics: the Jaina saptabhaṅgī, and the Mādhyamika catuṣkoṭi. It is argued that the irrationality currently imputed to these logics relies upon some philosophical preconceptions inherited from Aristotelian metaphysics. This misunderstanding can be corrected in two steps: by recalling their assumptions about truth; by reconstructing their ensuing theory of judgment within a common conceptual framework

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Fabien Schang
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