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'''Nonimplicative negation''' (Tib. [[མེད་དགག་]]; [[Wyl.]] ''med dgag'') is defined as "realizing through mere preclusion by eliminating the object of negation using the conceptual mind" (''rtog blos dgag bya sgrub pa rnam par bcad nas rnam bcad tsam du rtogs par bya ba''). It is a negation of existence, as in the statement "there is no cat", and is contrasted with an [[implicative negation]], as in the statement "that is not a cat" which implies the presence of something other than a cat. | '''Nonimplicative negation''' (Skt. ''prasajyapratiṣedha'' or ''niṣedha''; Tib. [[མེད་དགག་]]; [[Wyl.]] ''med dgag'') is defined as "realizing through mere preclusion by eliminating the object of negation using the conceptual mind" (''rtog blos dgag bya sgrub pa rnam par bcad nas rnam bcad tsam du rtogs par bya ba''). It is a negation of existence, as in the statement "there is no cat", and is contrasted with an [[implicative negation]], as in the statement "that is not a cat" which implies the presence of something other than a cat. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
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*Negation of existence | *Negation of existence | ||
*Simple negation | *Simple negation | ||
*Verbally bound negation | |||
[[Category:Pramana]] | [[Category:Pramana]] | ||
[[Category:Philosophical Tenets]] | [[Category:Philosophical Tenets]] | ||
Revision as of 10:12, 5 April 2011
Nonimplicative negation (Skt. prasajyapratiṣedha or niṣedha; Tib. མེད་དགག་; Wyl. med dgag) is defined as "realizing through mere preclusion by eliminating the object of negation using the conceptual mind" (rtog blos dgag bya sgrub pa rnam par bcad nas rnam bcad tsam du rtogs par bya ba). It is a negation of existence, as in the statement "there is no cat", and is contrasted with an implicative negation, as in the statement "that is not a cat" which implies the presence of something other than a cat.
Alternative Translations
- Absolute negation
- Negation of existence
- Simple negation
- Verbally bound negation