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OTHER FORMS AND MEANS OF KNOWLEDGE.
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bandum ; and the Gavaya present in the Mind, in the shape of the Reflected Conceptual Content, at the time that the Convention became known' is the Corroborative Instance and the Gavaya perceived at the time is the Subject, the Minor Term.-(1575-1576)
The following might be urged :-"At the time that the relevant Convention,-in the form The Gavaya is like the Cow'; -- was made, the Gavaya was not present in the Mind at all; hence the Instance cited is inadmissible".
The Answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (1577).
IF AT THE TIME OF THE CONVENTION, THE Gavaya WAS NOT PRESENT EVEN IN THE MIND-THEN WITH REFERENCE TO WHAT IS THE CONVENTION MADE THAT IT IS SIMILAR TO THE
Cow'?-(1577)
COMMENTARY.
Eren in the mind '--the term "even' means it is not only not seen, (but also not present in the mind)'.
If there is nothing that appears in the Mind as qualified by similarity to the Cow,—then, at the time that the Convention is made in the form it is similar to the Cow '; -on what thing is this Convention based! And yet, such a Convention is actually made ;-hence it has to be admitted that at the time of the making of the Convention, there is something present in the Mind which is qualified by similarity to the Cow.-(1577)
So far, it has been taken for granted (for the sake of argument) that the relation between the Name and the thing Named forms the object of Analogical Cognition, and then it has been shown that this Analogical Cognition cannot be regarded as a distinct form of valid Cognition,-(1) because it apprehends what is already apprehended (which fact makes it invalid), and (2) because it is included under 'Inference':-Now what the Author proceeds to show is as follows the Relation can have no existence apart from the Relatives ;-and the two Relatives in question (the Name and the Named) have both been apprehended by other Means of Cognition ; for instance, at the time of the communication of the Convention, the Name was apprehended by Auditory Perception, and later on the Gavaya standing before the man is apprehended by Visual Perception ; under the circumstances, what else is there to be known, for knowing which Analogy would serve as the Means of Cognition ?---