Lal Silva

I started reading philosophy. And found out most of what I was thinking before are connected to it's subjects. I thought to jot down here, notes, as I read. Further, I have a liking on Physics, some notes are added about that subject.

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Post processing of knowledge

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Wittgenstein critically examines what is knowledge. What he says is a single proposition like "I know that the world is round" doe...

Monday, May 15, 2017

Beleaf and Knowledge

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Ludwig Wittgenstein On certinity. Questions the difference between belief and knowledge. He also bring in the phrase"what it's it l...

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Zero Entropy

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“The entropy of a perfect crystal at absolute zero is exactly equal to zero .” But because of minute and ever fluctuating energy level...

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

My experience in meditation

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I stated with Yoga. I stated rethamic breathing at first, tried to count the breaths, when in a Yoga posture. Sometimes the counting became ...

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Wittgenstein's language games and counting

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In language games Wittgenstein takes counting very lightly. "We can picture that both the provider and the taker count by reciting the ...

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Mathematics and Time

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A child was learning to count. He was saying, one, two, three, five, seven, four...It is obvious he was not doing it right, but it struck me...

Monday, April 17, 2017

Mathematics and sense perceptions

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Suppose we do the following experiment. There are two marbles in a box and another two in another box. When we put the contents of two boxes...

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Lal Silva: Retried government tax official. Currently interested in philosophy.

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