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Quick Revision and Exam Strategy

The whole unit on one page, how to attack memory, concept and analysis questions, the commonest traps, and a revision plan.

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  1. 19.1One-Page Memory SheetCovers Argument, A E I O, Square, Conversion, Syllogism and more.
    • Argument
    • valid/invalid
    • strong/weak
    • true/false
    • sound
  2. 19.2Exam Strategy by Question TypeCovers For memory questions, For concept questions, For analysis questions.
    • For memory questions
    • For concept questions
    • For analysis questions
  3. 19.3Common Traps and Revision PlanCovers Common traps, Revision plan.
    • Common traps
    • Revision plan

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19.1One-Page Memory Sheet#

In brief

Covers Argument, A E I O, Square, Conversion, Syllogism and more.

  • Argument
  • valid/invalid
  • strong/weak
  • true/false
  • sound
  • A E I O
  • Square
  • Conversion

  • Argument: premises + one conclusion; valid/invalid for deduction; strong/weak for induction; true/false for statements; sound = valid + true premises.

  • A E I O: A distributes S; E both; I neither; O only P.

  • Square: Contradictories A–O, E–I; Contraries A–E (both can be false); Subcontraries I–O (both can be true); Subalternation A→I, E→O.

  • Conversion: A to I (limitation); E to E; I to I; O no. Obversion: all. Contraposition: A, O (and E by limitation); not I.

  • Syllogism: 3 terms, 64 moods, 4 figures, 256 forms, 24 valid, 15 unconditional (Boolean). Middle term distributed at least once; no two negative premises; no two particular premises; negative premise gives negative conclusion.

  • Figures: F1 Barbara, Celarent, Darii, Ferio; F2 Cesare, Camestres, Festino, Baroko (conclusion always negative); F3 Disamis, Datisi, Bocardo, Ferison (conclusion always particular); F4 Camenes, Dimaris, Fresison.

  • Formal fallacies: undistributed middle, illicit major/minor, exclusive premises, four terms, affirming the consequent, denying the antecedent.

  • Informal: relevance (ad hominem, baculum, misericordiam, populum, verecundiam, ignorantiam, ignoratio elenchi); presumption (petitio, complex question, false cause, accident, converse accident); ambiguity (equivocation, amphiboly, accent, composition, division).

  • Language: informative, expressive, directive. Connotation = intension; denotation = extension; inverse relation.

  • Mill: Agreement, Difference, Joint, Residues, Concomitant Variation.

  • Venn: shade = empty; X = at least one; test by diagramming premises only.

  • Pramana count: 1 Charvaka; 2 Vaisheshika, Buddhism; 3 Samkhya, Yoga; 4 Nyaya; 5 Prabhakara; 6 Bhatta, Advaita.

  • Sannikarsha: 6 laukika + 3 alaukika (samanyalakshana, jnanalakshana, yogaja).

  • Anumana: purvavat, sheshavat, samanyatodrishta; svartha/parartha; kevalanvayi, kevalavyatireki, anvayavyatireki. 5 members: Pratijna, Hetu, Udaharana, Upanaya, Nigamana.

  • Hetvabhasa: Savyabhichara, Viruddha, Satpratipaksha, Asiddha, Badhita.

  • Upamana: gavaya example; Shabda: akanksha, yogyata, sannidhi (+ tatparya); Arthapatti: anyathanupapatti, fat Devadatta; Anupalabdhi: four abhavas.

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19.2Exam Strategy by Question Type#

In brief

Covers For memory questions, For concept questions, For analysis questions.

  • For memory questions
  • For concept questions
  • For analysis questions

  1. For memory questions: learn the tables (school-pramana count, authors, mnemonic names, contacts, hetvabhasa order). Questions often use a one-word answer pulled directly from these.

  2. For concept questions: always first classify the item (premise or conclusion, formal or informal, deductive or inductive, which hetvabhasa condition fails) and then apply the rule.

  3. For analysis questions: use elimination. In syllogism and Venn items, check distribution first. In assertion–reason items, decide whether each statement is true separately, then whether the reason explains the assertion. In matching items, anchor on the pair you are surest of.

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19.3Common Traps and Revision Plan#

In brief

Covers Common traps, Revision plan.

  • Common traps
  • Revision plan

  1. Common traps: validity versus truth; contrary versus subcontrary; composition versus division; affirming the consequent versus modus ponens; savyabhichara versus viruddha (savyabhichara = hetu in both, viruddha = hetu only in vipaksha, proving the opposite); Prabhakara (5 pramanas) versus Bhatta (6); nirvikalpaka versus savikalpaka; kevalanvayi (no vipaksha) versus kevalavyatireki (no sapaksha).

  2. Revision plan: read each part once, then rewrite the tables from memory, then attempt the topic-wise MCQs and return to the matching section for every error.

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