According to the Indian classical Nyaya school, which of the following…
2023
According to the Indian classical Nyaya school, which of the following arguments is fallacious because the middle term is extremely narrow/under-pervaded?
- A.
All things are non-eternal because they are knowable
- B.
There is fire on the hill because it is knowable
- C.
Sound is eternal because it is audible
- D.
Wherever there is fire, there is smoke
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Correct answer: C
The correct answer is Option 2. In Nyaya logic, the middle term (hetu) must universally pervade the major term (sadhya).
Here, audible does not exist in all eternal entities like atoms. Thus, the middle term is under-pervaded (asadarana), making the inference invalid.