Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Logical Reasoning Structure of Arguments Formal and Informal Fallacies
Given below are two statements: one is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R.
Assertion A: The argument - 'the hill has fire because it is knowable' is fallacious according to the classical Indian school of logic (Nyaya).
Reason R: In the argument' the hill has fire because it is knowable', the middle term is too wide and violates the rule that the middle term should not be present in negative instances.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
1
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
2
Both A and R are correct and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
3
A is correct but R is not correct
4
A is not correct but R is correct