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There are two ways of determining an object or a fact: '''positive determination''' ( Wyl. ''yongs gcod'') and '''negative determination''' (Wyl. ''rnam bcad''). Negative determination is a process where ‘the nature of a thing is known [indirectly] through the elimination of what are not the thing’ and positive determination is where ‘the nature of a thing is [directly] affirmed and by doing so, what are not the thing are eliminated’ . <ref> | There are two ways of determining an [[object]] or a fact: '''positive determination''' ([[Wyl.]] ''yongs gcod'') and '''negative determination''' (Wyl. ''rnam bcad''). Negative determination is a process where ‘the nature of a thing is known [indirectly] through the elimination of what are not the thing’ and positive determination is where ‘the nature of a thing is [directly] affirmed and by doing so, what are not the thing are eliminated’.<ref>Karma Phuntsho, ''Mipham's Dialectics and the Debate on Emptiness''. p. 170. Published by Routledge Curzon, 2005. ISBN 0–415–35252–5 (Print Edition)</ref> | ||
In the case of a vase, for example, ''yongs gcod'' would be the determination that the vase '''is''' impermanent. ''rnam bcad'' would be the determination that the vase '''is not''' permanent. In the context of the rope-seen-as-a-snake example, the negation of the rope's being a snake is a ''rnam bcad''. The affirmation of the rope's being a rope is a ''yongs gcod'' . <ref> | In the case of a vase, for example, ''yongs gcod'' would be the determination that the vase '''is''' impermanent. ''rnam bcad'' would be the determination that the vase '''is not''' permanent. In the context of the rope-seen-as-a-snake example, the negation of the rope's being a snake is a ''rnam bcad''. The affirmation of the rope's being a rope is a ''yongs gcod''.<ref>''bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo'' (The Great Tibetan-Chinese Dictionary), published by mi rigs dpe skrun khang (Beijing, 1993) – Tyler Dewar's translation.</ref> | ||
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There are two ways of determining an object or a fact: positive determination (Wyl. yongs gcod) and negative determination (Wyl. rnam bcad). Negative determination is a process where ‘the nature of a thing is known [indirectly] through the elimination of what are not the thing’ and positive determination is where ‘the nature of a thing is [directly] affirmed and by doing so, what are not the thing are eliminated’.[1]
In the case of a vase, for example, yongs gcod would be the determination that the vase is impermanent. rnam bcad would be the determination that the vase is not permanent. In the context of the rope-seen-as-a-snake example, the negation of the rope's being a snake is a rnam bcad. The affirmation of the rope's being a rope is a yongs gcod.[2]