宗鏡錄 51.45

51.45

Answer: It is not that either. In the inconclusive fallacy of decisive contradiction, the proponent and opponent dispute a single subject, but the reasons and examples are distinct, both possessing the three marks: presence in the subject of the thesis (pakṣadharmatva), definite presence in similar instances (sapakṣe sattvam), and complete absence from dissimilar instances (vipakṣe 'sattvam). Yet neither generates correct cognition against the other; both parties are left in hesitation and unable to definitively establish either thesis; this is called the inconclusive fallacy of decisive contradiction. Now, although "In ultimate truth, universally established matter" is a single subject under shared dispute, the reason is shared, and moreover, both lack the third mark; therefore, it is not the inconclusive fallacy of decisive contradiction.