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JAIN JOURNAL VOL-XLIII, NO.1 JULY. 2008
The Greek Scholar Zeno in western philosophy formulated the dialectical method of approach to the problem of reality. He established the theory of being by proving that becoming is not. That was the beginning of the dialectical movement in western philosophy. On the other hand in modern philosophy the Hegelian dialectical comes nearer to the 'Anekanta and its expression in Syādvāda. In this dialectical thought moves from thesis, antithesis and synthesis.
So there is nothing certain on account of the endless complexity of things. It emphasises the extremely complex nature of reality and its indefiniteness. It does not deny the possibility of predication, though it disallows absolute or categorical predication. The dynamic character of reality consist only with relative or conditional predication. Every proposition is true, but only under certain conditions, i.e., hypothetically in the same context Mahalannobis says that 'I should draw attention to the realist and pluralist views of Jaina philosophy and the continuing emphasis on the multiform and infinitely diversified aspects of reality which amounts do the acceptance of an 'open' view of the universe for unending change and discovery for reason explained above. It seems to me that the ancient Indian Jain Philosophy has certain interesting resemblances to the probabilistic and statistical views of reality in modern times".
Syādvāda presents a methodology of predications which is meant for giving a comprehensive picture of reality. Modern Science has realised that the methodology adopted by Syādvāda is very useful for statistical investigations of probability, Quantum physics and quantum mechanics. Professor Kothari has presented the analysis of the application of the methodology of 'Syādvāda in quantum machenics'10 and he adds that the Jain Philosophy emphasises the
9. Mahalanobisis's article, "The Foundations of Statistics" published in Switzerland in Dialectica - Part VIII No. 2, June 15, 1954.
10. Jain, Premsuman, 'Bhagwan Mahaveer and his relevance to modern times : Article by Kalghati - T.G. entitled, "Jaina dialectical and modern thought.
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