Journal of Gyansagar Science Foundation 2013 04 01

Author(s): Sanjeev Sogani, Vimal Jain
Publisher: Gyansagar Science Foundation

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that Darwin's principle of "Survival of the fittest" should be compared to a wider principle "Live and Let Live" of Jains based on higher dimensions of knowledge.
Ultimately it appears that the characteristics of a pure soul as described in Jainism is quite close to the concept of Implicate Order of quantum mechanics as described by David Bohm. Hence there is a need to talk of Order parameter in higher dimensions as applied to human systems.
Finally it appears that the process of enlightenment as described in Jainsim to achieve the highest state of consciousness through a set of Gunasthanas is accompanied by decrease in rate of entropy production at every stage.
Finally it is shown that we need to explore the General Systems Theory (GST) for better understanding of the concept of knowledge in Jainism.
For a paper to be presented in a National level seminar on Science and Jainism to be held in Bangalore from Jan 29-31, 2010 at Karnataka Jain Bhawan
Jain theory of knowledge & Modern computer systems
Dr. Shugan C Jain PhD Director International Summer School In Jain Academic Education
Mob: 9818139000; Email: svana@vsnl.com
Knowledge has different meanings depending on the purpose for which it is used; e.g. means of acquiring knowledge, something which eliminates ignorance or the result of acquiring knowledge etc. Pluto defines knowledge as justified true belief. In Jainism, it is defined as a system to include object of knowledge, the processor of knowledge and the means of acquiring knowledge. Jains divide knowledge in two primary categories namely acquired (indirect) and direct.
Jains claim the soul which is sentient and has its manifestations as intuition and knowledge. So the soul is knowledge itself. It knows itself as well as the others. As the empirical soul removes the karmic impurities associated with it, the knowledge capabilities of the soul increases to infinity (in pure soul state). Further the soul in pure state knows the objects of knowledge directly while in the empirical state, it needs the media of sensual organs to acquire knowledge. In its journey of purifying itself completely (free from karmic impurities), the levels (time, space and type i.e. concrete and non concrete objects) of knowledge changes from minimal to maximum (without any limitations) in the pure state. Validity/Correctness of knowledge is also related to the belief or objective for which knowledge is being acquired. Jain epistemology details origin, process, means, types, objects of knowledge etc including its being valid and expression for the benefit of others.
Abstract
Jains also talk of duality of existences with soul as sentient and the other category being insentient or ajiva. Matter is the primary active type of insentient existents. Matter ahs fusion and fission as its primary quality, is active, has attributes of taste/touch/smell/ form and is highly unstable in its pure form (unlike soul which is highly stable in its pure state). Computers consist of matter and need it to make them operational. They acquire knowledge from a group of sources such as designers/programmers/hardware manufacturers and the input sources from processes (natural or manmade) and process the same at fast speeds. Experiments to demonstrate differences between computer processing and soul processing will be presented as well as the new developments of computer communication technologies to relate them to clairvoyant knowledge and simple knowledge of mental modes.
The paper presents a comparative study of knowledge development, its processing etc by empirical soul and computer systems. The paper also tries to project the limitations of knowledge processing and wisdom/ original knowledge by computer systems in the next twenty years or so.
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