Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 5 – A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis [59 of 121]
Chapter 5.4 – The Fallacious argument (kutarka) [15 of 32]
Nature of a fallacious argument [7 of 10]
(3) It gives rise to many confusions in the process of concluding any proposition [4 of 4]
To refute it the opponent can offer the following illustration:
“This is so because the magnet is found to perform its function even from distance. There is nothing incongruous about our thesis on fire and water because things can actually perform their respective functions from a distance”.[1]
On hearing the whole fallacious argument of the opponent, the disputant would ask him to an oath by saying that whatever he has said about the nature of fire and water is true.
Now for deciding the issue in this case none of them have no means at their disposal except a declaration made on oath.[2]
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[1] |..... evetyāha–viprakṛṣṭo'pyayaskāntaḥ –lohākarṣaka upalaviśoṣaḥ svārthakṛt–lohākarṣādisvakāryakaraṇaśīlaḥ dṛśyate yataḥ loke | sa hi viprakṛṣṭa eva na sannikṛṣṭaḥ, lohamova na tāmrādi, ākarṣatyeva na kartayati | taditthamasyevā'gnyādīnāṃ tathāsvābhāvakalpanaṃ kena bādhyate ?....||94||
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[2] kośapānā?te jñāno–pāyo nā'styatra yuktitaḥ |
viprakṛṣṭo'pyayaskāntaḥ, svārthakṛd dṛśyate yataḥ ||98||
– Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya.