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    It is not the case that Buddhapālita's prasaṅga reasoning implicitly endorses the contradictory of the opponent's thesis, making thesis-avoidance logically incoherent.

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    • 1.Prasaṅga reasoning need not presuppose classical logic; it can operate within non-classical frameworks where contradictories aren't exhaustive.
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    • 2.Showing opponent's view fails doesn't require endorsing any specific alternative—only that something is wrong with their position.
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    • 3.Thesis-avoidance aims at transcending conceptual frameworks entirely, not logical coherence by conventional standards of reasoning.
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    • 1.Prasaṅga reduces opponent positions to absurdity, logically entailing their contradictory must be true by classical logic.
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    • 2.Buddhapālita claims to avoid thesis-assertion while his reductios depend on negating opponent claims, implicitly affirming alternatives.
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    • 3.If a position leads to contradiction, rational consistency requires accepting the contradictory; silence on it is logically evasive.
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