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 […]
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The Mind-Body Problem in Indian Philosophy
Two Mind-Body Problems The Mind-Body problem in Western philosophy concerns the difficulty in conceiving the nature of the interaction between mind and body, considering that these two are supposed to be different substances—one physical and material while the other spiritual or mystical. In Indian philosophy, matter itself transforms into the […]
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The Difference Between Matter and Spirit
Dualism in Western and Vedic Philosophies Descartes created the mind-body divide and claimed these to be two different substances—the extended substance (res extensa) and the thinking substance (res cogitans). However, with the progress in science (and attempts to subsume thinking under matter), the distinction between mind and body gets hazier […]