Quoting%20commentary for Eduyot 3:7

אַרְבָּעָה סְפֵקוֹת רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין. כֵּיצַד. הַטָּמֵא עוֹמֵד וְהַטָּהוֹר עוֹבֵר, הַטָּהוֹר עוֹמֵד וְהַטָּמֵא עוֹבֵר, טֻמְאָה בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד וְטָהֳרָה בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, טָהֳרָה בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד וְטֻמְאָה בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, סָפֵק נָגַע סָפֵק לֹא נָגַע, סָפֵק הֶאֱהִיל סָפֵק לֹא הֶאֱהִיל, סָפֵק הֵסִיט סָפֵק לֹא הֵסִיט, רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין:

Four doubts (i.e., in four cases of doubt): — R. Yehoshua rules tamei and the sages rule tahor. How so? The tamei stands [under a tent or under a tree] and the tahor passes by [that way. There is a doubt as to whether he touched or did not touch; or whether or not the tree "tented" over both of them and the tahor became tamei — This is one doubt.] The tahor stands and the tamei passes by. [This is a second doubt.] Tumah (an object that is tamei) in a private domain, and taharah in the public domain, [as in the instance of a shop that is open to the public domain, and he is in doubt as to whether he entered it or not]; or taharah in a private domain and tumah in the public domain, [two other doubts] — If there is a doubt as to whether he touched or did not touch, tented or did not tent, moved (hesit) or did not move, R. Yehoshua rules tamei, [holding that since a private domain is involved in this doubt, it is considered "a doubt of tumah in a private domain," which is ruled tamei.] And the sages rule tahor, [holding that since the public domain is involved in this doubt, it is considered "a doubt of tumah in the public domain," which is ruled tahor. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehoshua.]

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