八門

(八門二悟 or 八門兩益) Eight kinds of syllogisms in Buddhist logic; v. 因明八正理諭.

(1) 能立a valid proposition;

(2) 能破 an invalid proposition;

(3) 似能立 doubtful, or seemingly valid but faulty;

(4) 似能破 seemingly invalid, and assailable;

(5) 現量manifest, or evidential;

(6) 比量 inferential;

(7) 似現量 seemingly evidential;

(8) 似比量 seemingly inferential.