Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (09.07.2022) Shift-I
Which of the following means of knowledge involves the positing of something for making a unit of cognition self-complete?
AComparison (Upamana)
BPostulation (Arthapatti) ✓ Correct
CNon-cognition (Anupalabdhi)
DVerbal testimony (Sabda)
Correct answer: (B) Postulation (Arthapatti) — The means described is postulation, called arthapatti, so option B is correct.
Explanation
★The means described is postulation, called arthapatti, so option B is correct.
★Arthapatti posits an unseen fact that is necessary to make an observation intelligible.
★It completes a cognition by assuming what must be true to remove a contradiction.
★The classic example is a fat man who does not eat by day, so he must eat by night.
★Arthapatti is counted as a distinct means of knowledge in the Mimamsa school.
★Upamana works through similarity, and sabda through reliable testimony.
★Non-cognition yields the knowledge of an absence, a different operation entirely.
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