To What Type of Logic Does the "Tetralemma" Belong?

Abstract

Although the so called tetralemma might seem to be incompatible with any recognized scheme of logical inference, its four alternatives arise naturally within the anhomomorphic logics which have been proposed in order to accommodate certain features of microscopic (i.e. quantum) physics. This suggests that the possibility of similar, "non-classical" logics might have been recognized in India at the time when Buddhism arose.Comment: plainTeX, 10 pages, no figures. Added references, revised first appendix, edited for clarity. Most current version is available at http://www.pitp.ca/personal/rsorkin/some.papers/135.catuskoti.pdf} (or wherever my home-page may be