Jain Philosophy and Modern Science

Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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SYADW.ND & THEORY OF RELATIVITY thing that according to Syadwadis the curd and the buffalo are one and the same, but they eat the curd but do not eat the buffalo and therefore, 'Syadiad' is false. But all these objections to Syadwadis seem to be childish Shankracharya confused Syadwad with doubtfulness or indefinitencss. Probably, he mistook "It exists in some context" to mean that "it perhaps exists." But Syadwad is quite opposite to doubtfulness According to Syadwad, things do possess innumcrable mutually opposite qualities. When we make an assertion, it is in the context of one particular mode, but at the same time there are other modes existing in thc same thing. Therefore, the pre dication that it "exists in some context'” is fully justified Sarely, there is no occasion for indefiniteress or doubtfulness, because a Syadwadi is very fastidious about his language Thus a person be lieving in Syadwad will say while giving any judgement about a thing that "it is so in some context." The question may arise as to why this 'in some con
text' is mentioned at all. The answer is that there : will be utter confusion without it. The question . Whcther a particular linc is short or long will not , anise at all as long as there is no second line in our
mind, cren in imagination. In this case, it is not an ; wdefinite judgement or disjunction but it is a stars
reality when we say that the line is and also is not : short or long ; Lct us apply this to the arguments of Sri S. &
Belwalker. The same ilne is long or short or neithes