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There is fire here. (3) From antecedent to conequent,e. g.,
Monday following Sunday. (4) From consequent to antecedent, e. g.,
Childhood preceding adolescence and
old age. (5) From concomitance, e. g.,
Age and experience going together, (6) From the principle that the whole includes
the part, e. g., There is no fruit tree is this place;
There is no mango tree here. 6) Identity, e. g.
There is no pitcher in this room ; Because there is nothing answering its
description (identity) here. The last form of logical relationships might appear, at first sight, to be misplaced, as one is apt to regard the conclusion.
There is no pitcher in this room. as a fact of perception rather than a logical infer. ence; but in that case we should have to assert that the eye can actually perceive negations, which would be ridiculous.
This finishes the entire subject ; and I may add that there is no room for error in this method of infer. ence if the vyapti is carefully and scientifically tested, The final test of the accuracy of any particular vyāpti is the Scripturad Text, which, being the word of an
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