In the Buddhist work Katha-vatthu, many inconsistencies between a proponent and an opponent are demonstrated. This title was written by

The Kathavatthu was composed by the elder Moggaliputta Tissa.

It belongs to the Abhidhamma Pitaka of the Theravada canon.

He presented it at the Third Buddhist Council held under Ashoka at Pataliputra.

The work debates points of doctrine by exposing a rival's inconsistencies.

Its proponent-versus-opponent method marks it as early Buddhist dialectic.