Abstract
Although there are many studies in the interpretation of, and significance to be attached to, Buddha's setting aside the famous ten questions, and although there are various studies in the development of Indian logic, there has been comparatively little written on the logic of the early Buddhist four fold logic. Thus, the fundamental nature of the issue as well as the lack of interest in, or avoidance of, the issue on the part of many Indologists and philosophers who have not addressed it make the issue a particularly interesting and challenging one. The fundamental importance of the issue of whether or not Buddhist thinkers violate the principle of contradiction, for instance, has been recognized by some Buddhist scholars, yet has been dealt with in detail commensurate with its importance by few, and very rarely in the context of early Buddhism. J. Fritz Staal (1962) reminds us of the basic importance of this issue as follows:
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