Kathavatthu

This study begins with an analysis of logical principles and rules along with the unique methods followed in the Kathavatthu, a text taken by some scholars as representing the earliest Indian logic. How conceptual analysis, exemplifying an advanced stage in Indian philosophical thinking, has been used in this ancient Buddhist text forms a significant part of the present study. Doctrinal and philosophical aspects of the debates are studied with reference to some key issues of debate, such as pers