Nyaya Science of Thought

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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THE SCIENCE OF THOUGHT.
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The Naiyayakas* add two more attributes to the above three of the Buddhist hetu, making them five in all. These additional attributes are : (iv) it should not establish the opposite of the
sâdhya by any forcible or necessary im
plication, and (v) it should not leave the matter in doubt by
equally forcibly suggesting the existence of the opposite of that which is to be
proved. The distinction between these two attributes lies in the fact that while the former actually proves the existence of the opposite of that which was to be proved, the latter simply leaves the matter in doubt by affirming the existence of both, the sâdhya and its opposite, with an equal degree of logical force.
Both these views are, however, erroneous, for neither the first three nor all the five features, as enumerated by the Naiyayakas, constitute the true characteristics of a hetu, the distinguishing feature of which is the unvarying and the universally true connection between the sâdhana and its sådhya.
It is possible for a given hetu to exhibit all the five attributes insisted on above and yet to be no true hetu at all.
*The Naiya yakas are the followers of the Nyaya school of philosophy founded by Gautama.