不定因 bùdìng yīn

bùdìng yīn set phrase reasons for uncertainty
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Buddhist Logic
Notes: There are six, namely: 1. 共不定 uncertainty of a reason common [to both similar and dissimilar cases], 2. 不共 uncertainty of a reason because it is not shared [by either case], 3. 同品一分轉異品遍轉 an error due to uncertainty of a reason applicable in some similar and all dissimilar cases, 4. 異品一分轉同品遍轉 uncertainty of a reason applicable in some dissimilar and all similar cases, 5. 俱品一分轉 uncertainty of a reason applicable in some dissimilar and some similar cases, 6. 相違決定 uncertainty of a reason valid but contradictory (Bak 2017, pp. 44-47; FGDB '不定因')