Buddhist logic

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This article presents the formal background to Buddhist logic which started at about 500 CE in ancient India and still has a living tradition in the Tibetan Gelug order. Like the logic of Aristotle, ancient Indian logic is a highly formal system although it has not been developed in a context of a symbolic language.

Contents 1 Origins 2 The Indian Syllogism 3 Vasubandhu: Avinābhāva 4 Doctrine of Trairūpya 5 Dignāga's Hetucakra 6 Dharmakīrti: Death of the Trairūpya doctrine 7 Later developments

[edit] Origins

[edit] The Indian Syllogism

[edit] Vasubandhu: Avinābhāva

[edit] Doctrine of Trairūpya

[edit] Dignāga's Hetucakra

[edit] Dharmakīrti: Death of the Trairūpya doctrine

[edit] Later developments