Ontology of Jain authors: Ramayana
I I am not sure what the discussions are about. Here are some of the problems that have surfaced. 1. Do (did) people in India believe that Ramayana is (was)…
Read moreBullshit: True Sentences and Trivialization of Knowledge
Why understanding bullshit is important? Three reasons: (a) there is a very frequent use of the word ‘bullshit’ (mostly in my posts); (b) bullshit has been tied directly to truth…
Read moreVibrancy of Indian traditions
The discussion about re-accessing the vibrancy of the Indian culture and the question whether or not to legislate against conversion, are best treated separately. An answer to the latter does…
Read moreHistoricity of Rama, Krishna, Anjaneya
One of the questions that has come up in this discussion is the following: are we logically forced to assume the ‘existence’ of, say, Rama or Krishna, when we ‘believe’…
Read moreLogical Acumen of Romila Thapar
One of the debates in the Indian traditions is about the kind of creatures that exist in the world and about the reality of what exists. The Jains, for instance,…
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