[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c7.s2.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s2.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.2) The extensive treatment of the concept of \*vāda\* and its techniques by Caraka in his \*Caraka Saṁhitā\* has led a modern scholar of philosophy like S.N. Dasgupta to suggest that in Indian philosophy “dialectic emerged from discussions of Āyurveda physicians”. E.A. Solomon rightly disagrees with this view. To quote her: - [Previous: c7.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.1) - [Next: c7.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.3) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.2) · Pramāṇa