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UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (30.08.2024) Shift-II
According to Nyaya logic, which of the following is a faulty argument containing an unproven (baseless) middle term?
ASound is eternal because it is produced.
BFire is cool, so it is matter.
CThe sky-lotus is fragrant because it is a lotus, like the lotus in the lake. ✓ Correct
DThe hill is unfathomable because it is knowable.
Correct answer: (C) The sky-lotus is fragrant because it is a lotus, like the lotus in the lake. — The sky-lotus argument is faulty, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The sky-lotus argument is faulty, so that is the answer.
★It assumes the subject, a sky-lotus, actually exists.
★But a sky-lotus has no locus in reality.
★So the middle term rests on a non-existent base.
★This is the ashrayasiddha fallacy in Nyaya.
★Hence the third option is correct.
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