The procedure is as follows:
The mind observes the empty set. The mind's act of observation causes the appearance another set - the set of empty sets. The set of empty sets is not empty, because it contains one non-thing - the empty set. The mind has thus generated the number 1 by producing the set containing the empty set.
Next the mind perceives the empty set and the set containing the empty set, so generating a new set encapsulating two non-things. The mind has generated the number 2 out of emptiness. And so it goes on, all the way up through the integers, to 42 and beyond.
So, the three modes of existential dependence (causes, components and mental designation) postulated by Kadampa Buddhist philosophy are apparent even at the very deepest level of mathematics.
- Numbers are dependent upon causes - the operations on the sets.
- Numbers are dependent upon components. The number 1 is defined as the set which contains the empty set and so on.
- And in the final analysis the entire number system is dependent upon the play of mind on an empty datastructure, in the complete absence of the need to refer to any material thing, or things, which are being counted.
Hence numbers are non-physical phenomena that make no reference to physical systems for their existence. But they are not inherently-existent entities from the 'Platonic realms'. Numbers are dependently-related manifestations of the working of the mind.
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http://rational-buddhism.blogspot.com/2012/09/buddhism-and-mathematics.html?m=1
The mind observes the empty set. The mind's act of observation causes the appearance another set - the set of empty sets. The set of empty sets is not empty, because it contains one non-thing - the empty set. The mind has thus generated the number 1 by producing the set containing the empty set.
Next the mind perceives the empty set and the set containing the empty set, so generating a new set encapsulating two non-things. The mind has generated the number 2 out of emptiness. And so it goes on, all the way up through the integers, to 42 and beyond.
So, the three modes of existential dependence (causes, components and mental designation) postulated by Kadampa Buddhist philosophy are apparent even at the very deepest level of mathematics.
- Numbers are dependent upon causes - the operations on the sets.
- Numbers are dependent upon components. The number 1 is defined as the set which contains the empty set and so on.
- And in the final analysis the entire number system is dependent upon the play of mind on an empty datastructure, in the complete absence of the need to refer to any material thing, or things, which are being counted.
Hence numbers are non-physical phenomena that make no reference to physical systems for their existence. But they are not inherently-existent entities from the 'Platonic realms'. Numbers are dependently-related manifestations of the working of the mind.
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http://rational-buddhism.blogspot.com/2012/09/buddhism-and-mathematics.html?m=1
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Forwarded from Keith Woods
I have heard people in the NRx sphere claim "the Cathedral" is anti-Israel. If so then why will it cast aside someone as prominent as Cornel West for criticising Israel?
Just take a look at the current Presidents of the Ivy League universities in America.
https://national-justice.com/current-events/harvard-jews-deny-cornel-wests-tenure-and-compel-him-resign-over-his-criticism-israel
Just take a look at the current Presidents of the Ivy League universities in America.
https://national-justice.com/current-events/harvard-jews-deny-cornel-wests-tenure-and-compel-him-resign-over-his-criticism-israel
The Cathedral supports both Palestine and Israel but in different ways. For instance, left-wing pro-Palestine groups which are centered around anti-colonialism, Marxism and pro-CCP rhetoric are a part of the Cathedral.
Israel itself is hard to categorize, but its global apparatus including B'nai B'rith, the ADL, AIPAC, AJC etc. Are certainly a part of the Cathedral. You often see Wall street and wealthy Jews bankrolling both the Palestinian and Israel sides.
I believe the grassroots pro-Palestinian movement has not been subverted but large factions who've historically supported the Soviet Union are certainly a Cathedral asset and should be weeded out.
Israel itself is hard to categorize, but its global apparatus including B'nai B'rith, the ADL, AIPAC, AJC etc. Are certainly a part of the Cathedral. You often see Wall street and wealthy Jews bankrolling both the Palestinian and Israel sides.
I believe the grassroots pro-Palestinian movement has not been subverted but large factions who've historically supported the Soviet Union are certainly a Cathedral asset and should be weeded out.
Forwarded from Vincent James
According to Ben Shapiro, you can bash America, white people, and help fund the destruction of the US. But for him the line gets drawn when you offend his real country, Israel.
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Forwarded from George Christensen
The logic is crystal clear. Fight vaccine passports at www.georgechristensen.com.au/vax