Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Logical Reasoning Pramanas Hetvabhasas (Fallacies of Inference)
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: “Every thinkable is nameable because it is thinkable”. This is a fallacious argument because there can be no inference where the minor and the middle terms are the same.
Statement II: The fallacy committed in this statement is called the extra-ordinary (asa̅dha̅rana) because the middle term does not belong to anything other than the present minor term.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:1
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
2
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
3
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
4
Statement I is false but Statement II is true