If pakṣaṭā were a necessarycausal condition, then unconscious or automatic inferences—acknowledged in Mīmāṃsā accounts of Vedic cognition—would be impossible, which is an unacceptable consequence.
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(Distinguished from pakṣadharmatā, which is the condition that the locus possesses the inferential sign)
The condition that the inferrer either does not already know the conclusion or has a special desire to re-establish it inferentially; an auxiliary causal factor for inference
unacceptable consequence(as used in logical arguments and philosophical reasoning)
A logical result that leads to a conclusion everyone agrees is wrong, which suggests the original claim must be false.
unconscious or automatic inferences(as used in epistemology (the study of knowledge))
Conclusions your mind reaches without you deliberately thinking through the steps—like instantly knowing a friend's tone of voice without analyzing it.