Buddhist Reasoning and Debate
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Statements of pervasion review
Venerable Thubten Chonyi reviews the Statements of Pervasion section in Chapter 5 on “Two Kinds…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The Buddhist syllogism
Beginning Chapter 6 “The Buddhist Syllogism” and covering the sections on argument form, elements of…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Syllogisms review
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reviews Chapter 6 “The Buddhist Syllogism,” focusing on the three criteria of…
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Forward pervasion
Covering the section on property of the subject in Chapter 6 and beginning to teach…
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Forming a correct syllogism
Teaching from Chapter Six on syllogisms, leading an interactive discussion on how to formulate correct…
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Epistemological requirements
Finishing the section on counterpervasion in Chapter 6 and moves onto Components of a Syllogism…
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The Buddhist enthymeme
Reviewing “Unpacking the Buddhist Enthymeme” in Chapter 6 and examining real-life syllogisms sent in by…
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Practice syllogisms
Leading the class in analyzing practice syllogisms written by students.
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Valid syllogisms
Going over practice syllogisms and teaching on Chapter 7 on the two types of valid…
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Three types of correct signs
Covering Chapter 8 on “The Three Types of Correct Signs” - effect, nature, and non-observation.
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Correct signs practice and review
Sharing practice signs sent in by students and starting on Chapter 9 on “Basic Buddhist…
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Outline of the selfless
Continuing Chapter 9 “Basic Buddhist Ontology” and reviewing the outline of the selfless, which includes…
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