Theis a figure that features prominently in the classical logic of the Greeks. It states that with reference to any a logical proposition X, there are four possibilities:
X (affirmation)
\neg X (negation)
X \land \neg X (both) equiv.
\neg (X \lor \neg X) (neither)
[edit] Catuskoti: a cross-cultural correlate
A similar tradition of fourfold negation, the Catuskoti (Sanskrit), is evident in the logico-epistemological tradition of India, given the categorical nomenclature 'Indian logic' in Western discourse. Subsumed within the auspice of Indian logic, 'Buddhist logic' has been particularly focused in its employment of the fourfold negation, as evidenced by the traditions of Nagarjuna and the Madhyamaka, particularly the school of Madhyamaka given the retroactive nomenclature of Prasangika by the Tibetan Buddhist logico-epistemological tradition.
法友飛鴻 527:討論法義和商量不同的意見,應態度溫和、勿生戾氣
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討論法義和商量不同的意見,應懷「自己也有可能是錯的」的虛心,態度溫和,而勿生戾氣。
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在我的貼文之後,有人發表了較強烈的言論,有對僧眾不敬的嫌疑。其實「善未易察,理未易明」,仍應以交換意見,切磋討論為基調,而不要有輕蔑的言論。
我不主張「三大阿僧祇劫」或「四大阿僧祇劫」,我也認為「世尊的教導是不...
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