Confluence of Opposites

SR No.: 006704
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain
Publication Year: 1921
Total Pages: 422
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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.' METHOD OF COMPARISON
a similar place known to have been the abode of fire .. on a previous occasion); and, the lake is vipaksha (vi=antitpaksha) which is known to contain neither fire nor smoke. But although these requirements are met in the instance of Zi's unborn child, there is no knowing that the little imp will not upset the Buddhist calculations in revenge for having bad bis sex brought into controvesry so early in its career.
Western logic, too, fails to come up to the mark, for not only is its syllogism artificial and uunatural, as must be fully evident by this time, but also because it is not concerned in arriving at truth, It is more like a method of interpretation than a science of accurate deduction.
No doubt, it is more exact than either the Naiyayika of Buddhist logic in its application, but its scope is almost wholly limited to determining and here we must. be fair to admit, with utmost precision-the contents of a given proposition or propositions, so as to ensure consistency of thought. According to Hamilton and Mansel, logic is merely the science of consistency and has no concern with the real relations of things. Mill and Bain certainly aspire to raise it to the dignity of a true science whose conclusions should conform to matters of fact, i. e., the real relations of things; but they leave it as cumbersome and unwieldy and artificial as ever. The practical value of modern logic as a science, judged from the fact that its inferential processes are never actually ressorted to by men--not even by lawyers, philosophers and logicians--in their daily life is nil. Its innumerable technicalities and definitions entail 2