Personalism is Not Monotheism Many people at present see similarities between Abrahamic monotheism and Vedic personalism and contrast these two philosophies to impersonalism and voidism. Personalism is similar to monotheism in some superficial ways but different from it in essential ways. Likewise, personalism is different from impersonalism in one way—accepting […]
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Problems of Hegelian-Marxist Ideologies
The Hegelian-Marxist Ideology Hegel is credited to have been the first in the Western world to bring the study of history as a subject of philosophy proper. He did so by creating the thesis-antithesis-synthesis framework for history. Hegelian philosophy became the foundation of Marxism that saw society in terms of […]
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What is a Machine?
Article Introduction and Overview In the last article, I discussed the nature of Personhood as six traits—self-awareness, intention, emotion, cognition, conation, and relation. Modern science depersonalizes persons as machines governed by laws. Therefore, in this article, I will discuss what I mean by a machine in contrast to a person. […]
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Voidism and Oneness in the Philosophy of Sri Chaitanya
In Indian philosophy, the voidism of Buddhist philosophy is seen as the opposition to the materialism of demigod worship and rituals. Then, classical impersonalism or Advaita is seen as the opposition to voidism in Buddhist philosophy. Finally, classical personalism or Vaishnavism is seen as the opposition to the impersonalism of […]
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Universalism and Personalism in Science
Introduction and Overview The laws of nature in current science are mathematical formulae that predict the behavior of objects deterministically, which precludes any role for choice and morality in nature. Therefore, if nature permitted choices, how would we reconceive natural laws? In Vedic philosophy, the law is a material entity […]