Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Logical Reasoning Pramanas Hetvabhasas (Fallacies of Inference)
Which of the five essential characteristics of the middle term (hetu) is violated when an inference involves a non-inferentially contradicted middle?
1
Middle term must be absent in all negative instances in which the major term is absent.
2
Middle term must be non-incompatible with the minor term.
3
Middle term must be present in the minor term.
4
Middle term must be present in all positive instances in which the major term is present.