what is the logic in budhist

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The history of Indian logic is usually divided into
three periods, Old Nyaaya (circa 250 B.C. ) ,
Buddhist logic (sixth century A.D.) and New Nyaaya.
The Buddhist logic text, Nyaayaprave`sa
(Introduction to Logical Methods) , had great
influence upon Indian and Chinese Buddhism and also
among the Jains. As a pivotal work, the
Nyaayaprave`sa has received critical attention from
historians of religion, philologists, philosophers,
and logicians. As with all advances in scholarship,
there is controversy over interpretation, but in the
case of Buddhist logic, the controversy cuts to the
very heart of the issue of whether Buddhist logic is
in any recognizable contemporary sense a "logic."
The received view holds that Buddhist logic bears
very close similarities to syllogistic forms and
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