Jaina Concept of Memory

SR No.: 269116
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: ZZ_Anusandhan
Total Pages: 7
Language: English
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31HETA-81998 ollection are expressed by a form of the pronoun that, inasmuch as it refers to our past percepts. Thus, all the cognitions that point to their contents as that jar, that cloth, that ear-ring, and the like, are the cases of recollection. The jine that distinguishes recollection from perception is that perception always refers to its content as existing in the present, whereas recollection always has reference to its content as existed in the past.
Recognition is a synthetic judgement born of perception, i.e., direct sensory observation and recollection. It is represented by such forms of deliverance as 'that necessarily is it', 'it is like that, this is dissimilar to that', 'this is different from that', and so on.'5 Recognition is a complex mode of cognition. It includes both perception and recollection. Perception is the direct observation of the objects existing before our sense-organs. Recollection is reproduction of the latent mental trace. These two are the conditions of recognition. Thus, recognition is a kind of synthetic judgement. When perception and recollection are combined in a particular form, recognition emerges. As recollection refers to its content by a form of the pronoun 'that', recognition delivers its contents in forms like the following : 'That necessarily is it' is one of the forms. It is the judgement of identity. All such judgements as 'this is necessarily that jar', 'this is necessarily that cloth', "this is necessarily that man' are the cases of this type. When the same object is cognised on different occasions, such judgements occur. 'This is like that is the judgement of similarity. When we happen to come across an object which is similar to another one that has already been experienced, such judgements as this is like that emerges. All such judgements as 'this book is like that one', 'my watch is like that of yours', are the cases of the judgement of similarity. There are certain judgements that are just reverse