The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: An Asian Approach to Analytical Thinking Drawn from Indian and Tibetan Sources-Fast Shipping

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Step-by-steplessons in building the skills needed to engage in Tibetan Buddhistphilosophical debate and that have proved successful in the collegeclassroom.

Debate is theinvestigative technique used in Tibetan education to sharpen analyticalcapacities and convey philosophical concepts. Reading and memorizationare not enough; students must be able to verbalize their understandingand defend it under the pressure of fierce cross-examination. This book,based on the author’s successful undergraduate course in the subject,trains readers to develop the analytical skills used in Tibetan-styledebate. Making use of sample debate exchanges and definitions andclassification systems drawn from Tibetan Buddhist debate manuals, thebook shows how to challenge and defend assertions made in the course ofdebate.