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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How To Debate a Skeptic?
The Problem of Realism Skepticism was started by Descartes. He begins his argument by doubting everything and says that he could be hallucinating about the world. After claiming that nothing is certain, he says: I can doubt everything, but not my own existence, and concludes: “I think therefore I exist”. […]
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Material vs. Spiritual Realism
Introduction and Overview Vedic vs. Western Notions of Realism There is a sense in which Vedic philosophy is realist—a soul moves in a space of meaning-states called childhood, youth, and old age (higher) and hungry, thirsty, lusty (lower). All these states are fixed and eternal, but the soul’s connection to […]
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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 […]