Page 8 The philosophy of Kant, then, is the only philosophy with which a thorough acquaintance is directly presupposed in what we have to say here. But if, besides this, the reader has lingered in the school of the divine Plato, he will be so much the better prepared to hear me, and susceptible to what I say. And if, indeed, in addition to this he is a partaker of the benefit conferred by the Vedas, the access to which, opened to us through the Upanishads, is in my eyes the greatest advantage which this still young century enjoys over previous ones, because I believe that the influence of the Sanscrit literature will penetrate not less deeply than did the revival of Greek literature in the fifteenth century: if, I say, the reader has also already received and assimilated the sacred, primitive Indian wisdom, then is he best of all prepared to hear what I have to say to him.

Spinoza defines substance and related concepts in Part I of Ethics as: III. By substance, I mean that which is in itself, and is conceived through itself: in other words, that of which a conception can be formed independently of any other conception. IV. By attribute, I mean that which the intellect perceives as constituting the essence of substance. V. By mode, I mean the modifications[1] of substance, or that which exists in, and is conceived through, something other than itself.

Part I, Definition 2 of Spinoza’s Ethics: A thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature; for instance, a body is called finite because we always conceive another greater body. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. This is one of the most important definitions in the book, because it’s the basis of God as infinite.

Title: Filtered Many Worlds Author: Emin Reşah Date: 2017-08-09 14:06:39 Dp: 13904 Status: published Image: /img/header-4.jpg While reading Pilot Wave theory from slides I thought a solution to wave/particle duality. This is a philosophical view, so I will strip off the physical part: It’s actually a modified version of Many Worlds Hypothesis. In MWH we cannot explain the connection between everyday physics and QM. When we have (possible infinite) number of worlds where particles position themselves, some (or most) of these worlds should have some non-natural phenomena like 500-year old people.

Title: On God’s Knowledge of Universals and Particulars Author: Emin Reşah Date: 2017-06-04 03:23:09 Dp: 13838 Status: published Image: /img/header-38.jpg In ancient philosophy, knowledge is divided into universals and particulars, that is the existence of an apple idea or meaning through which a particular apple can be identified is called universal. It is used to explain how humans understand the world. We divide the world into categories, names, events that are pretty much arbitrary and practical.