What is debate for? The rationality of Tibetan debates and the role of humor

Argumentation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-58

  Dreyfus, Georges B ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Debate; Dialectics; Humor; Rationality; Tibetan Buddhism

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049107446     PISSN: 0920427X     EISSN: 15728374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10503-007-9079-2     Document Type: Article

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