Vaiṣṇavism and Non-Dualism Vaiṣṇavism presents a conception of God that doesn’t fit into well-known categories such as monotheism, polytheism, monism, pantheism, panentheism, henotheism, deism, and others. This is because Vaiṣṇavism accepts all their assertions and rejects all their negations. For example, the monotheistic claim that “God is one” doesn’t negate […]
History / Physics
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Non-Dualism, Inseparability, and Entanglement
Revolutionary vs. Incremental History In the previous article, I made a pithy remark in passing—Progressive history doesn’t have revolutions and paradigm changes. I will use this article to explain how this is a consequence of the modern scientific assumptions about the separation of locations, times, and things. Separation allows us […]
Economics
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Laws of Increasing and Decreasing Returns
Article Overview and Summary Laws are supposed to predict and explain. Predict means to describe the future relative to the present. Explain means to justify that prediction based upon ideas about reality. The Law of Diminishing Returns is a law that predicts that returns on investment must diminish over time […]
Philosophy
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Nigama and Āgama
Two Classes of Vedic Texts Vedic texts are broadly classified into Nigama and Āgama. They respectively pertain to theory and practice. The practice is accepted due to Nigama and the theory is confirmed due to Āgama. In this article, we will discuss the differences and relationships between Nigama and Āgama, […]