Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2022 (01.03.2023) Shift-I
According to Nyaya, the classical Indian school of logic, which of the following arguments involves the fallacy of Anupasamhari, the non-exclusive middle term?
AThe hill has smoke because it has fire
BSound is eternal because it is audible
CAll things are non-eternal because they are knowable ✓ Correct
DSound is eternal because it is produced
Correct answer: (C) All things are non-eternal because they are knowable — The example is All things are non-eternal because they are knowable, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The example is All things are non-eternal because they are knowable, so that is the answer.
★The Anupasamhari fallacy has a middle term so wide that nothing lies outside it.
★Here the reason is that things are knowable.
★Everything whatsoever is knowable, so there is no case outside this reason.
★With no example beyond the middle term, the pervasion cannot be tested.
★This all-inclusive, non-exclusive middle is the Anupasamhari fallacy.
★So the answer is All things are non-eternal because they are knowable.
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