TY - JOUR
AU - Rahlwes, Chris
AB - The Jaina saptabhaṅgī (seven angles of analysis or types of sentences) has drawn the attention of non-classical logicians due to its unique use of negation, contradiction, and avaktavya (‘unutterable’). In its most basic structure, the saptabhaṅgī appears as: (i) in a certain sense, P; (ii) in a certain sense, not P; (iii) in a certain sense, P and not P; (iv) in a certain sense, inexpressibility of P; (v) in a certain sense, P and inexpressibility of P; (vi) in a certain sense, not P and inexpressibility of P; (vii) in a certain sense, P, not P, and inexpressibility of P. This appearance has led many (e.g., Ganeri and Priest) to claim that the saptabhaṅgī supports non-classical systems of logic, but such a reading is contested by Balcerowicz. Focusing on Vādidevasūri’s (12th c. CE) and Yaśovijaya’s (17th c. CE) accounts of the saptabhaṅgī, this paper puts forward a formalization of the saptabhaṅgī that brings together the non-classical views and Balcerowicz’s view through relating the saptabhaṅgī to the Buddhist unanswerable questions.
TI - Silence and Contradiction in the Jaina Saptabhaṅgī
JF - Journal of Indian Philosophy
DO - 10.1007/s10781-023-09545-5
DA - 2023-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/silence-and-contradiction-in-the-jaina-saptabha-g-lCs0J6Ld0m
SP - 473
EP - 513
VL - 51
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -