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This leads to a philosophical debate amongst the sages, in which Yajnavalkya defeats each opponent who faces him by rightly answering their questions. [16] Some of the key participants of the debate include Asvala, Uddalaka Aruni, Bhujyu, Sakalya, Artabhaga, Ushasta, Kahola and others, many who are well known within other Hindu literature. [16]
Pūrva paksha (Sanskrit: पूर्वपक्ष), sometimes also transliterated as Poorva paksha, literally means former view/position. [1] It is a tradition in the debates of Indian Logicians.
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A recommended reading guide from the philosophy department of University College, London: London Philosophy Study Guide – Indian Philosophy Archived 23 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine; Articles at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Indian Psychology Institute The application of Indian Philosophy to contemporary issues in Psychology
The debate traditions of ancient India are still practiced in modern times by Tibetan Buddhists. [7] Monks 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.
[7] [8] Some sub-schools share Tantric ideas with those found in some Buddhist traditions, [17] which are nevertheless found in the Puranas and the Āgamas. [18] [19] [20] Each school of Hindu philosophy has extensive epistemological literature called Pramana, [21] [22] as well as theories on metaphysics, axiology, and other topics. [23]
The discrepancy between material implication and the general conception of conditionals however is a topic of intense investigation: whether it is an inadequacy in formal logic, an ambiguity of ordinary language, or as championed by H. P. Grice, that no discrepancy exists.
Advaita Vedanta is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, [note 3] and states that moksha (liberation from 'suffering' and rebirth) [9] [10] is attained through knowledge of Brahman, recognizing the illusoriness of the phenomenal world and disidentification from the body-mind complex and the notion of 'doership ...