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 Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: Transcribing Avinabhava into Predicate Logic |
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PROBLEMS OF TRANSCRIBING AVINABHAVA INTO PREDICATE LOGIC
by Klaus Glashoff, Lugano
Introduction
Translating ancient logical texts into modern symbolic logic can be a valuable method of getting access to an otherwise incomprehensible train of thought. For this intention, one should not impose boundaries on using any available symbolic or graphical technique which supports creative experiments of decoding a difficult text.
Translations of this kind, however, may lead the interpretation into directions which are totally unrelated to the given basis-text. Representing a definition or an argument in symbolic form carries the risk of severely twisting the underlying ideas. Thus the use of modern symbolic logic is often of doubtful value for interpretational purposes.
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