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An argument presenting four alternatives in the premises.

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  • Two sets may also constitute a trilemma (mu-gsum) or a tetralemma (mu-bzhi).
  • The relationship between two sets is a tetralemma if there are four possibilities.
  • For instances of the positive tetralemma, all four statement types can or must be accepted, e.g.:
  • Thus, the set of types of unawareness and the set of types of grasping for true existence constitute a tetralemma (mu-bzhi).
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