Role of Space Time in Jainas Syadavada and Quantum Theory

Author(s): Filita Bharucha
Publisher: Shri Satguru Publications

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Role of Space-Time in Jaina's Syadváda
Let us consider P as a true statement then the pramanasaptabhangi can be represented as follows:
(1) P (assertion of P) (2) Not P ('complete' negation of P) denoted by IP (3) P and non-simultaneously not P (non-simultaneous
conjunction of P and (IP) denoted by P. P P and simultaneously not P (simultaneous conjunction of P and \P) denoted by (PAP). P and simultaneously (P and simultaneously not P) denoted PA (PAP). Not P and simultaneously not (P and simultaneously
not P) denoted by PA (PAP). (7) (P and non-simultaneously not P) and simultaneously
(P and simultaneously not P) denoted by ( PP) A (PAP).
Pictorially we can depict the pramana-saptabhangi as follows ( seven view points)
--
P
P. TP
PAP OBJECT
PA(PAP)
JPA(PAP) -- (
PTP) A (PAP) (1) An object X can be view from any one of these seven standpoints. However, since the totally of all these seven possibilities comprises the pramana-Saptabhangi (complete judgement of the phenomenal world in terms of seven possibilities), the conjunction, denoted, by V, of these seven