All bipeds are rational. Swans are bipeds. ∴ Swans are rational. commits the fallacy (hetvabhasa) of :
AAsiddha
BSatpratipaksa
CSavyabhicara ✓ Correct
DViruddha
Correct answer: (C) Savyabhicara
Explanation
The middle term 'biped' is present in rational beings but also in non-rational ones like ordinary birds, so it wanders across both.
A valid reason must be present only where the probandum holds and absent everywhere else.
Here being a biped does not invariably carry rationality, so the concomitance fails.
A reason found in both the positive and the negative field is the irregular or wandering middle.
This defect is savyabhicara, the anaikantika hetu.
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