According to Classical Indian School of Logic, the argument 'Sound is eternal because it is produced' is fallacious because:
AIt involves contradictory middle-term. ✓ Correct
BHere the middle term is too narrow.
CHere the middle term is too wide.
DHere vyapti is conditional.
Correct answer: (A) It involves contradictory middle-term.
Explanation
The reason 'because it is produced' actually establishes non-eternality, the opposite of the intended thesis of eternity.
Whatever is produced is regularly seen to be non-eternal, like a pot.
So the middle term proves the very contradictory of what is to be shown.
A middle term that yields the opposite of the sadhya is a contradictory middle.
That is why the classical school judges this inference fallacious as viruddha.
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