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Pramanas | Hetvabhasas (Fallacies of Inference)

When a middle term does not go further than producing a state of mental oscillation between two opposite views, the case is known as
Given below are two statements : Statement I:- The fallacy of contradictory middle (viruddha) occurs in an argument when the middle term is found both where the major is found and where it is not found. Statement II :- The fallacy of contradictory middle (viruddha) is committed in an argument when the middle term is found only where major term is absent. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
What type of fallacy is implied in the following "Fire is cold, because it is a substance"
Which of the following pertains to fallacy of ambiguity?
"God is great because he does great things." This inference commits which kind of fallcy?
"Fire is not warm because it is produced such as water", is an example of which type of fallacy?
In the argument, 'sky flower is fragrant because it is a lotus' e.g. which ever is lotus, is fragrant e.g. lotus growing in that pond? Mention the type of fallacy from the following:
In the statement 'the hill has smoke because it has fire', which type of fallacy may be identified ?
"Fire is cold because it is a substance" - is an instance of which one of the hetvabhasas (fallacy of inference):
Which one of the following fallacious hetu (middle term) is not uniformly concomitant with the major term?
Which one of the following hetvabhasa (fallacy) is involved in the argument. "Sound is eternal because it is caused"?
Asidha is a fallacy when the middle term is
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A : According to Naiya̅yikas, the fallacy of Savyabhica̅ra occurs when the middle term leads to different opposite conclusions. Reason R : When the middle term is irregular, it is distributively not related to the major term. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
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:
"The great cricketer Sudhir says that Medisulpha soaps are good for health. We, therefore, must believe that it must be true indeed." Which fallacy is committed in the above argument?
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