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39Nagarjuna’s no-thesis view revisited: the significance of classical Indian debate culture on verse 29 of the VigrahavyāvartanīAsian Philosophy 27 (3): 263-277. 2017.The aim of this essay is to clarify Nāgārjuna’s use of the term pratijñā in verse 29 of the Vigrahavyāvartanī as situated in its contemporaneous thriving debate culture. In contrast to the standard formulation, which interprets the term pratijñā as a reference to the thesis of śūnyatā proffered by Nāgārjuna in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, an examination of the debate culture in, and leading up to, second-century CE India shows that the term pratijñā refers to the first of five steps within the Nyay…Read more
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