Guest guest Posted December 28, 1999 Report Share Posted December 28, 1999 Dear Friends: Below is given the Buddhist criticism of the Jain & Hindu theories that recognition is a unified psychosis. ISSUE #6 COROLLORY #1 THE BUDDHIST CRITICISM OF THE JAINA AND HINDU THEORY THAT THE ACT OF RECOGNITION IS A UNIFIED PSYCHOSIS: The Buddhists point out that it is impossible for recognition to be a unified psychosis. They ask as to how recognition might be caused? 1. It cannot be due to perception alone, since perception can cognize only the " this-ness " of an object in the present. 2. It cannot be due to recollection alone, since memory can cognize only the " that-ness " of an object in the past. 3. It cannot be due to the fusion between perception and memory as the two phenomena are different in every way. Perception is direct, current and presentative in nature. Memory, on the other hand, is indirect, past and representative in nature. The two operate on entirely different wave lengths and their effects are totally different. If the two are supposedly fused, there would be no difference between past and present, between recollection and perception and between representation and presentation. This ends up in a bundle of contradictions. Hence, the act recognition is merely the juxtaposition of two discrete psychoses that by their very innate natures cannot effectively combine in any manner whatsoever. regards, Hari-vAyu smaraNa B.N.Hebbar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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