But the question of the origins of logic as a formal discipline is of special interest to the historian of physics since it represents a turning inward to examine the very nature of reasoning and the relationship between thought and reality. Origin and development of indian logic and buddhist logic. Stcherbatsky, was a russian indologist who, in large part, was responsible for laying the foundations in the western world for the scholarly study of buddhism and buddhist philosophy. They think that the first deductive theory in the history of indian logic should not be owed to. It is correct to characterize the practice of logic and epistemological analysis as part of the buddhist scholastic hermeneutics. The early buddhist affirmation of self atman in the logic, parables ano imagery of the pali nikayas a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in religious studies in the university of canterbury by a. Its birth, its growth and its decline run parallel with the birth, the growth and the decline of indian civilisation. To summarise, the logic of the empirical world may well be. Hetuvidy translates as the knowledge or science of reasoning, but often denotes buddhist logic henceforth i will refer to. Buddhist logic or methods of reasoning is employed in the advanced stage of meditative discipline for correctly understanding the buddhist fundamental doctrines. The basis for the traditional logic that dominated until the early 20th century.
Introduction the problem of empty termsexpressions which are meaningful but do not refer to anything realis one of the focal issues in analytic philosophy. There is still a fashionable misunderstanding among scholars both in china and abroad. The problem of major premise in buddhist logic tang mingjun the institute of philosophy shanghai academy of social sciences shanghai, p. A guide for argumentation scholars 3 sanskrit hetuvidya, which, as harbsmeier notes, is not logic, but rather the rules governing a specific kind of disputation over general theses that was widely practiced in india. Buddhist logic reveals itself as the culminating point of a long course of indian philosophic history. A study of four logical alternatives catuskoti in buddhist logic in this paper i shall consider several interconnected issues centering around the four logical alternatives catuskoti in buddhist logic which, it seems to me, involve. A traditional buddhist view is that, in addition to. These models developed in india during the 5th through 7th centuries. Bharadwaja rationality, argumentation and embarrassment. Petersburg university in tsarist times, stcherbatsky was elected to the academy of sciences of the soviet union in 1918. Stcherbatsky the place of buddhist logic in the history of indian philo sophy. New york new york published in the united kingdom by constable and company limited, 10 orange street, london w. In the structuredtime interpretation of quantum mechanics, such a quasi truthfunctional logic is related to the postulates of formal quantum mechanics.
Buddhist causality and compassion religious studies. It contains, first of all, a doctrine on the forms of syllogism and for that reason alone deserves the name of logic. The nature of buddhist logic1 shoryu katsura ryukoku university preface back in the early 1970s when i was a graduate student at the university of toronto, i was living in a small boysonly dormitory called massey college on the campus. The field of logic may be conceptualized as branching into two traditions the aristotelian tradition which modern logic traces its origins to, and a dialectic tradition which buddhist logic and hegelian dialectics trace their origins to. The scope of comparison is limited in the theory of inference by.
Buddhist logicoepistemology is a term used in western scholarship for prama. Indian logic is one of the three major traditions of logic dating back to 6th century bce fathi, 20. Buddhas logic indoeuropean symposium on the reality of the external world and buddhist logic. The early buddhist texts show that the historical buddha was familiar with. Publication date 1930 topics north collection digitallibraryindia. Buddhism is often called logical, although whether it really is logical may not be immediately evident.
Please note we are accepting orders but please expect delays due to the impact of covid19 on logistcs and procurement. The early buddhist affirmation of self atman in the. A wellreasoned dharma journal of chinese buddhist studies. Publication date 1930 topics ignca collection digitallibraryindia. In the 8th century and later in the 11 th and the 12th centuries, a great number of works on buddhist logic, written by indian logicians were translated into tibetan.
The very insufficiently known buddhist logical literature which prepared their creation and the enormous literature of commentaries which followed it in all northern buddhist countries must be referred to the same class of writings. The conflict between the buddhist and the naiyayika philosophers. But often buddhist teachers do appeal to logic in their talks. Stcherbatsky in two volumes volume ii dover publications, inc.
The conflict between the buddhist and the naiyayika. Under buddhist logic we understand a system of logic and epistemology created in india in the viviith century a. The development of indian logic it is very difficult to give satisfactory chronological accounts of the rise and growth of indian logic for the reason that the texts, which the science of logic or various logical terms. Buddhist logicoepistemology or buddhist logic, buddhist epistemology is used in western scholarship to refer to buddhist traditions of prama. Purchase your copy of bs en iso as a pdf download or hard copy directly from the official bsi shop. Head, department of sanskrit, buddhist and pali university of sri lanka homagama, sri lanka. This paper is a preliminary inquiry into the main difference between buddhist logic and western logic.
Syllogistic logic, laws of noncontradiction and excluded middle, modal logic. Stcherbatskywas a russian indologist who, in large part, was responsible for laying the foundations in the western world for the scholarly study of buddhidt and buddhist philosophy. Zheng weihong research institute of chinese classics fudan university shanghai, china abstract. The time has come to reconsider the subject of buddhist logic in its historical connections. As if that wasnt a subject broad, vast and hard enough, the author comparatively describes all the most important philosophical systems of indian classic period, and goes in depth to describe and.