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Debates in ancient India

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as a debate where, among the stated characteristics of the first type of debate, only such characteristics as would seem appropriate would be applicable. In addition, the debater can use, for the establishment of his own position and for the refutation of the opponent's thesis, such means as
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Debates between monks are energetic and performative, with formalized roles and expressions. The defender sits and offers formulaic responses, while the challenger stands and asks questions, which are punctuated by a clap at the end.
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debate one another in order to sharpen the mind and defeat misconceptions. They may spend years in university studying debate as part of their education, and learning how to be precise and logical with their arguments.
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and several manuals dealing with this discipline had been produced. It was from these debates that the Indian tradition of logic and allied investigations were evolved and developed. The
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as not only organizing and patronizing debates between the sages and priests but also as participating in such debates. Women also used to participate in these debates.
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and of the assembly. The treatise then goes on to give a list of 44 items a thorough knowledge of which is essential for the successful conduct of a debate.
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There was, for a considerable period of time, a very lively and extensively practiced tradition of formal
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The Tibetan argument forms were brought over with minor adaptations from the Indian logical forms.
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contain a more systematic and improved version of the theory of debate than the one presented in
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is a voluminous work containing 120 chapters divided into eight parts. In the third part, called
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Each side should use the well-known five steps of the demonstration of an argument explicitly.
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in which the principles of debates are systematically explored are, strangely, two texts on
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Vada, the good or honest debate, is constituted by the following characteristics:
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have all been lost. However, the nature of these manuals could be glimpsed from
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Arms raised, voices raised, hands clapping, rosaries clasped, crowds watching.
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The debate traditions of ancient India are still practiced in modern times by
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The conclusion should not entail contradiction with any tenet or accepted
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Bimal Krishna Matilal; Jonardon Ganeri; Heeraman Tiwari (1998).
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A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools
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Bimal Krishna Matilal; Jonardon Ganeri; Heeraman Tiwari (1998).
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Bimal Krishna Matilal; Jonardon Ganeri; Heeraman Tiwari (1998).
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Bimal Krishna Matilal; Jonardon Ganeri; Heeraman Tiwari (1998).
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was a woman scholar who used to participate in the debates in
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texts of this field that have survived from ancient India.
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is called vitanda, which has sometimes been translated as
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begins by dividing debates into two classes, namely,
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SUNY Press. p. 31. 344:Debate in Tibetan Buddhism 186:(the time of the action), 3520:Ancient Indian philosophy 3036: 2835: 2635: 2604: 2519: 2434: 2365: 2358: 2302: 2215: 2042: 2007: 1833: 1768: 1675: 1602: 1595: 1494: 1397: 1388: 1296: 1182: 1139: 1106: 1024: 998: 970: 961: 940: 931: 920: 839: 708: 699: 678: 584:"Tibetan Buddhist Debate" 556:"Tibetan Buddhist Debate" 387:. 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Index

debates
patronage
philosophical
doctrinal
corpus of knowledge
antiquity
Buddhist
Upsanisad
King Janaka
Gargi
King Janaka
Upanisads
Buddha
Mahavira
Sanskrit
Buddhist
Pali
Kathavatthu
Sanskrit
Ayurveda
Charaka Samhita
Sushruta Samhita
Hindu
Charaka Samhita
Vimanasthana
pathology
Caraka-samhita
anumana
respondents
Nyayasutras

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