This is the century of intellect. Logic prescribes that one must reach out to the root cause of t... more This is the century of intellect. Logic prescribes that one must reach out to the root cause of that which drives everything-people, centuries, countries, fate. The forces that define our lives, the constitutions of countries, the maps of the world and in one way or the other-the entire world we live in today. That force is – the leaders. The Napoleons , Hitlers, Churchills, T eresas, Gandhis of our world. A few selected ones, who come by sporadically, illuminate the world space around them and leave behind a legacy that lesser mortals like me must ponder over and try to decipher in order to gain a better understanding of that force. We now are no longer contended by just being awestruck by extraordinary leaders. It would mean passivity for us. We would have to wait for the longest times for great souls to come along and change things around. That's not very convenient. So we try to psycho-analyze leaders to understand that force. Maybe find a pattern which can then be replicated at convenience. Imparted via training.. Hence, the research on leadership by numerous psychologists, managers and thinkers. So the million dollar question is can leaders be made? Or are they just born the way they are? That's all very good but apart from all the research and studies conducted everywhere-the past too can hold some very promising answers. History is full of great individuals, great leaders, inspirational characters, mahatmas, enlightened souls, divas, liberators, revolutionaries and inventors. In fact history is nothing but the story of such people and how they did what they did. That is where Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs comes into the picture.
In this paper I discuss and try to show that Process Philosophy is the superior metaphysical fram... more In this paper I discuss and try to show that Process Philosophy is the superior metaphysical framework as opposed to the traditional substance metaphysics. I introduce substance metaphysics and some of its limitations with special focus on Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, as applied to metaphysical systems. I then introduce Process philosophy and two process philosophical systems- Whiteheads’ Philosophy of organism and Buddhist philosophy, as expounded by Nagarjuna in the Mulamadhyamikakarika. I discuss the response of both philosophies to Gödel’s theorem and proceed to highlight and analyze some common motifs appearing in the two systems. I conclude by making a case for the superiority of Process philosophy as a metaphysical framework for philosophy.
This is the century of intellect. Logic prescribes that one must reach out to the root cause of t... more This is the century of intellect. Logic prescribes that one must reach out to the root cause of that which drives everything-people, centuries, countries, fate. The forces that define our lives, the constitutions of countries, the maps of the world and in one way or the other-the entire world we live in today. That force is – the leaders. The Napoleons , Hitlers, Churchills, T eresas, Gandhis of our world. A few selected ones, who come by sporadically, illuminate the world space around them and leave behind a legacy that lesser mortals like me must ponder over and try to decipher in order to gain a better understanding of that force. We now are no longer contended by just being awestruck by extraordinary leaders. It would mean passivity for us. We would have to wait for the longest times for great souls to come along and change things around. That's not very convenient. So we try to psycho-analyze leaders to understand that force. Maybe find a pattern which can then be replicated at convenience. Imparted via training.. Hence, the research on leadership by numerous psychologists, managers and thinkers. So the million dollar question is can leaders be made? Or are they just born the way they are? That's all very good but apart from all the research and studies conducted everywhere-the past too can hold some very promising answers. History is full of great individuals, great leaders, inspirational characters, mahatmas, enlightened souls, divas, liberators, revolutionaries and inventors. In fact history is nothing but the story of such people and how they did what they did. That is where Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs comes into the picture.
In this paper I discuss and try to show that Process Philosophy is the superior metaphysical fram... more In this paper I discuss and try to show that Process Philosophy is the superior metaphysical framework as opposed to the traditional substance metaphysics. I introduce substance metaphysics and some of its limitations with special focus on Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, as applied to metaphysical systems. I then introduce Process philosophy and two process philosophical systems- Whiteheads’ Philosophy of organism and Buddhist philosophy, as expounded by Nagarjuna in the Mulamadhyamikakarika. I discuss the response of both philosophies to Gödel’s theorem and proceed to highlight and analyze some common motifs appearing in the two systems. I conclude by making a case for the superiority of Process philosophy as a metaphysical framework for philosophy.
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as opposed to the traditional substance metaphysics. I introduce substance metaphysics and some of its
limitations with special focus on Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, as applied to metaphysical systems. I
then introduce Process philosophy and two process philosophical systems- Whiteheads’ Philosophy of
organism and Buddhist philosophy, as expounded by Nagarjuna in the Mulamadhyamikakarika. I discuss
the response of both philosophies to Gödel’s theorem and proceed to highlight and analyze some
common motifs appearing in the two systems. I conclude by making a case for the superiority of Process
philosophy as a metaphysical framework for philosophy.
as opposed to the traditional substance metaphysics. I introduce substance metaphysics and some of its
limitations with special focus on Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, as applied to metaphysical systems. I
then introduce Process philosophy and two process philosophical systems- Whiteheads’ Philosophy of
organism and Buddhist philosophy, as expounded by Nagarjuna in the Mulamadhyamikakarika. I discuss
the response of both philosophies to Gödel’s theorem and proceed to highlight and analyze some
common motifs appearing in the two systems. I conclude by making a case for the superiority of Process
philosophy as a metaphysical framework for philosophy.