INDIAN FALLACY OF KNOWLEDGE - QUIZ.NO.15 - ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Question.No.1 Assertion: The fallacy of Asidha occurs when the middle term is not proven to be present in the minor term. Reason: The middle term must be always present in the minor term for the argument to be valid. Both assertion and reason are true and R is the correct explanation of A. Both assertion and reason are true but Ris is not the correct explanation of A. A is true but R is false. A is false but R is true Answer Option 2 : Both assertion and reason are true but R is is not the correct explanation of A. Solution: The assertion is true. The fallacy of Asidha occurs when the middle term is not proven to be present in the minor term. For example, the argument "All swans are white because all swans are fragrant" is an Asidha fallacy because it has not been proven that all swans are fragrant. The reason is also true. The middle term must be always present in the minor term for the argument to be valid. However, the reason is not the correct explanation of the as...