Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Assertion (A):As per classical Indian school of logic the argument 'the sky-Lotus is fragrant, because it is a Lotus, like the Lotus of a Lake' is fallacious.
Reason (R):In the above argument the middle term is non exclusive.
ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is correct but R is not correct ✓ Correct
DA is not correct but R is correct
Correct answer: (C) A is correct but R is not correct
Explanation
The assertion is correct but the reason misidentifies the flaw, so the assertion holds while the reason does not.
A sky-lotus does not exist, so the subject on which the inference rests is unreal.
When the very locus of the reason is non-existent, the reason is unproved, the fallacy of asiddha or unestablished locus.
The defect lies in the unreal subject, not in the middle term wandering into both positive and negative cases.
Calling the middle non-exclusive therefore does not correctly explain why the argument fails.
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