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The '''three modes''' (Tib. [[ཚུལ་གསུམ་]]; [[Wyl.]] ''tshul gsum'') of a logical argument are as follows:
The '''three modes''' (Tib. [[ཚུལ་གསུམ་]]; [[Wyl.]] ''tshul gsum'') of a logical argument are as follows:


#the reason must be a feature of the subject (''phyogs chos'')
#the reason must be a feature of the subject (''pakṣadharma''; ''phyogs chos'')
#there must be positive logical pervasion (or positive concomitance or entailment) (''rjes khyab'')
#there must be positive logical pervasion (or positive concomitance or entailment) (''anvayavyāpti''; ''rjes khyab'')
#there must be negative logical pervasion (or negative concomitance) (''ldog khyab'')
#there must be negative logical pervasion (or negative concomitance) (''vyatirekavyāpti''; ''ldog khyab'')


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==

Revision as of 12:57, 3 April 2011

The three modes (Tib. ཚུལ་གསུམ་; Wyl. tshul gsum) of a logical argument are as follows:

  1. the reason must be a feature of the subject (pakṣadharma; phyogs chos)
  2. there must be positive logical pervasion (or positive concomitance or entailment) (anvayavyāpti; rjes khyab)
  3. there must be negative logical pervasion (or negative concomitance) (vyatirekavyāpti; ldog khyab)

Alternative Translations

  • Threefold criteria