Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2023 (11.12.2023) Shift-II
In the context of Anumana (inference), the presence of the middle term in the minor term is called:
AParamarsha
BVyapti
CPakshadharmata ✓ Correct
DPaksha
Correct answer: (C) Pakshadharmata — The presence of the middle term in the minor term is pakshadharmata, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The presence of the middle term in the minor term is pakshadharmata, so that is the answer.
★In Indian logic anumana is inference based on a prior cognition.
★The paksha is the subject, or minor term, of the inference.
★Pakshadharmata is the presence of the middle term, the reason, in the paksha.
★Vyapti is the invariable connection between the middle and the major term.
★So the middle term being present in the minor term is called pakshadharmata.
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