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"All things are visible because they are knowable." Which fallacy is committed according to the classical Indian school of logic (Nyaya)?

ASadharana
BAnupasamhari ✓ Correct
CAsadharana
DViruddha
Correct answer: (B) Anupasamhari
Explanation

The mark "knowable" applies to every possible thing, leaving no example outside the subject.

Here "all things" is the subject, so the class is completely universal.

A valid inference needs a supporting instance (sapaksha) drawn from elsewhere.

When the subject includes everything, no such external example can be found.

The middle term is thus non-conclusive because nothing lies beyond its scope.

This all-inclusive, exampleless defect is the fallacy called anupasamhari.

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