As per the classical Indian school of logic (Nyaya), which fallacy is committed when the middle term is too wide?
AAnupasamhari
BBadhita
CSadharana ✓ Correct
DAsadharana
Correct answer: (C) Sadharana
Explanation
When the middle term is too wide the Nyaya fallacy committed is the sadharana.
A too-wide reason is present not only where the major term holds but also where it is absent.
Because it strays into both similar and dissimilar instances, it cannot fix a single conclusion.
Such a reason wanders and yields no definite result, an inconclusive middle.
This over-general, straying middle term is classed under savyabhichara as the sadharana type.
Excess width, spreading the reason too far, is the mark of the sadharana hetvabhasa.
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