Buddhist Illogic: A Critical Analysis of Nagarjuna's Arguments
Aug 2002 · Avi Sion
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The 2nd Century CE Indian philosopher Nagarjuna founded the Madhyamika
(Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism, which strongly influenced
Chinese, Korean and Japanese Buddhism, as well as Tibetan Buddhism. His
writings include a series of arguments purporting to show the illogic of
logic, the absurdity of reason. He considers this the way to verbalize
and justify the Buddhist doctrine of “emptiness” (Shunyata). The present
essay demonstrates the many sophistries involved in Nagarjuna’s
arguments.
(Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism, which strongly influenced
Chinese, Korean and Japanese Buddhism, as well as Tibetan Buddhism. His
writings include a series of arguments purporting to show the illogic of
logic, the absurdity of reason. He considers this the way to verbalize
and justify the Buddhist doctrine of “emptiness” (Shunyata). The present
essay demonstrates the many sophistries involved in Nagarjuna’s
arguments.
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About the author
Avi Sion is the author of several works on logic
and philosophy: Future Logic (1990); Judaic Logic (1995); Buddhist Illogic (2002); Phenomenology (2003); The Logic of Causation (1999, 2003, 2010); Volition and
Allied Causal Concepts (2004); Ruminations (2005); Meditations (2006); Logical
and Spiritual Reflections (2008-9); A Fortiori Logic (2013).
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