Purva paksha
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Purva paksha
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Pūrva paksha, sometimes also transliterated as Poorva paksha, literally means former view/position. It is a tradition in the debates of Indian Logicians. It involves building a deep familiarity with the opponent's point of view before criticising it, similar to the modern day device of steelmanning. The purva paksha approach has been used by Adi Shankaracharya as well as Ramanuja and later acharyas in their works. In ancient Indian jurisprudence, purva paksha referred to the complaint, with othe
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Sanskrit logical device
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