Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Statement I:The Aristotelian syllogism regards deduction and induction as inseparably related.
Statement II:The Nyaya school regards deduction and induction as two aspects of the same process.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Explanation
It is the Nyaya school, not the Aristotelian, that unites deduction and induction.
The Aristotelian syllogism is purely deductive and keeps induction as a separate process (Statement 1 fails).
In Nyaya a single inference rises to the universal by observation and applies it to the case.
Deduction and induction are thus two aspects of one inferential process (Statement 2 holds).
This inseparability of the two is distinctive of the Nyaya view.
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