Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (23.09.2022) Shift-II
Given below are two statements. Statement I: According to the classical Indian school of logic, the method of induction is used to affirm the major premise, since generality or universality cannot be perceived. Statement II: Classical Indian logicians give a separate treatment of the inductive method. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: In the classical Indian school, induction affirms the major premise because universality cannot be perceived.
- Statement II: Classical Indian logicians give a separate treatment of the inductive method.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false ✓ Correct
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false — The answer is that both statements are false.
Explanation
★The answer is that both statements are false.
★In the classical Indian system, inference does not affirm the major premise through a separate inductive step in the way stated, so Statement I is false.
★Indian logicians do not give a separate, standalone treatment of induction apart from inference.
★So Statement II is also false.
★Induction there is woven into the working of inference itself.
★Thus neither statement is correct.
★So the answer is that both statements are false.
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