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d) Process of acquiring knowledge 27 Experimental
18. Non-meditative
29 Local causes work
30. 3-stage set
(i) Experiment, communication
(ii) Good training required (iii) Sensory perception (iv) Sometimes intuitional flash (v) Philosophisation follows (vi) Communication
in depth
Classical Concepts
Direct experioncial
Meditative, direct insight
Mostly non-local causes work 3-stage set
hypothesis, Meditative introspection, Direct insight/watching, communication
Interpretation/
difficult
Table II
Classical and Current Concepts about Universe Current Concepts
Good masterly training required Beyond sensory perception
Purely intuitional for long times Intellectualism follows intuition Communication more difficult
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1. Classical physics is a solid Modern physics calls it a marshy rock
one
2. Universe is a objective, engineered mensense reality.
3. Universe is a huge self-regulating mechanical system-a deterministic one
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predictable, Universe is indeterminate, insepecom- rable in parts, strange to senses, transcending classical logic, subjective, dynamic reality-an inseperable whole including observer in an essential way.
4. Heavenly bodies move with evenness following laws of motion
5. It is created by Ged, the Created by God, the cosmic dancer clockmaker
6. Newtonian laws of motion/ They do not hold under high
mechanics hold
velocity, smaller mass, sub-atomic events. The absoluteness turns in uncertainty.
7. Law of causation is strictly Causation may not apply in all followed Cases (EPR effect, precognition, fundamental particles, intuition)
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