The Role of Dreaming in Philosophy In a recent article, I discussed the four tiers of reality, called waking, dreaming, deep sleep, and transcendent. Each successive stage of reality is given greater importance, which means that dreaming is more important than waking. This surprises people—We dream when we sleep; how […]
Mathematics / Philosophy
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The Invention of Zero
Zero and Conscious Experience It is often said that Indians invented the zero, which then allowed the invention of negative numbers, complex numbers, and then modern mathematics and physics. The Roman numeral system (which followed the Greek system of counting) did not have zero. After all, zero represented “nothing”, which […]
Philosophy
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Truth, Right, and Good are Mutually Defined
Alternative Conceptions of Truth Truth in Vedic philosophy is defined quite differently than in Western philosophy. While Western philosophy talks about empirical and rational proofs of truth, Vedic philosophy gives the following peculiar conception of truth. If you reject the truth, then you will commit bad deeds; due to those […]
Philosophy / Physics
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Chicken and Egg Problems in Science
The Origin of Chicken-and-Egg Problems Numerous chicken and egg problems that arise while trying to construct the notions of space, time, and objects. For instance, when distance is defined in terms of a meter, then the extension of the meter depends on space and space depends on the meter. Likewise, […]