Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t2.17

v1.c7.s7.t2.17

Futility consists in offering objections founded on mere similarity or dissimilarity. There are 24 kinds of futility as follows: (1) balancing the homogeneity, (2) balancing the heterogeneity, (3) balancing an addition, (4) balancing a subtraction, (5) balancing the questionable, (6) balancing the unquestionable, (7) balancing the alternative, (8) balancing the reciprocity, (9) balancing the co-presence, (10) balancing the mutual absence, (11) balancing the infinite regression, (12) balancing the counter-example, (13) balancing the non-produced, (14) balancing the doubt, (15) balancing the controversy, (16) balancing the non-reason, (17) balancing the presumption, (18) balancing the non-difference, (19) balancing the demonstration, (20) balancing the perception, (21) balancing the non-perception, (22) balancing the non-eternality, (23) balancing the eternality, and (24) balancing the effect (for details please refer to the *Nyaya Sutra* 5, 1, 1-43).