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    It is not the case that Buddhapālita was correct not to state and defend a Mādhyamika thesis

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    • 1.Bhāviveka demonstrated that without positive syllogistic arguments, Mādhyamika cannot distinguish itself from nihilism or mere silence.
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    • 2.Candrakīrti's own defense of Buddhapālita required extensive positive argumentation, undermining the claim that no thesis need be stated.
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    • 3.A philosophical method that cannot articulate its own justification collapses into self-refuting quietism rather than rigorous dialectic.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Dignāga's formal logic tradition established that reductio arguments presuppose shared logical commitments, which themselves constitute implicit theses.
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    • 2.Buddhapālita's prasaṅga reasoning implicitly endorses the contradictory of the opponent's thesis, making thesis-avoidance logically incoherent.
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    • 1.The purpose of Madhyamaka is to bring all disputation and idle chatter to an end
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    • 2.Putting forth formal arguments opens the arguer up to endless disputation
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    • 3.Buddhapālita understood the spirit of Madhyamaka as set forth by Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva
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