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INFERENCE
703
Being dependent upon one and the same set of auxiliary circumstances is what leads to the inference of a particular cause of a particular thing,-as is found in the case of Smoke which is a product of balf-burnt fuel':-(14241425)
Objection :- In the case where the Reflection leads to the Inference of the object reflected,--the Probans cannot be included under any of the three kinds of Probans.--because the Reflected Image is a non-entity (and has no real existence): hence the definition provided by you is too narrow
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (1426). THE INFERENCE OF THE REFLECTED OBJECT PROCEEDS ON THE B. OF THE INFERENTIAL INDICATIVE IN THE SHAPE OF THE REFLECTION; THIS IS ONLY RIGHT ; AND THE INDI. CATIVE FROM WHICH IT PROCEEDS IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM THAT WHICH RESTS ON THE NATURE OF THE
EFFECT-(1426)
COMMENTARY
the
In the following Text the author sets forth the objection from Opponent's standpoint
TEXT (1427).
“THE REFLECTION CANNOT BE AN ENTITY, BECAUSE TWO THINGS CANNOT EXIST TOGETHER AT THE SAME PLACE; THEN HOW CAN IT BE BEGARDED AS AN Effect, WHICH MUST BE SOMETHING REAL";-IF THIS IS URGED (THEN THE ANSWER
IS AS IN THE FOLLOWING T'ext].-(1427)
COMMENTARY.
For the idea that the Reflection cannot be an entity, the Reason istwo things cannot exist together; the Reflection is perceived as occupying the same place as the reflecting surface of the Mirror, and it is not possible for the forms of two things to be seen at the same place; as there would always be an obstacle ; hence it cannot be possible for any two things to exist at the same place. Hence the idea must be regarded as illusory.
Or [there may be another explanation of the Text]-Two things cannot exist together at the same place ;—which two things ? -The surface of the reflecting mirror and the Reflection of the Moon; the surface of the Mirror occupies one point in space, and the Reflection of the Moon occupies a different point in space, inside the Mirror; like the water at the bottom of the well. When a thing is produced in one place, how can it be perceived in another place ? Hence it follows that there is no such Entity as the Reflection; and
