sophisticated, but also  a commonsensical, means  of
　　   evaluating  hypotheses.  It  is  open  textured  as
　　   retroductive reasoning must be, and more importantly
　　   it does not attempt (as the Western notion of fallac
　　   does) to classify fallacious  reasoning as a kind of
　　   deductive argument gone awry.

　　　　  In this paper  I have attempted  to enlarge  the
　　   dialogue  about  the  nature  of Buddhist  logic  by
　　   arguing  that  it is  essentially  retroductive.  As
　　   philosophers　　 and   psychologists　　 continue   to
　　   investigate  the conceptual  and factual aspects  of
　　   hypothesis  formation, the study  of Buddhist  logic
　　   will increase  in importance  because, unlike  other
　　   logical   treatises,  the   Nyaayaprave`sa   is   an
　　   historyically  significant  document  about  ways of
　　   reasoning   and   misreasoning   to  an  explanatory
　　   hypothesis.

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　　   NOTES

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　　　　  2.  Douglas Daye, "Metalogical Incompatibilities
　　   In  the  Formal   Description   of  Buddhist   Logic