Debate theory

▤ Reading group: Nyāya Sūtra Book Five, the futile rejoinders and the ways to lose a debate, over three weeks

For anyone who liked today's question, here is the oldest systematic catalogue of bad moves in argument that I know of in India. The text: the fifth and last book of the Nyāya Sūtra, with Vātsyāyana's commentary if you can find it.…