Marr’s Levels and Ontology

A Gaudiya Vaishnava Perspective Hence we see how the Acharya’s purports to Shastra help us gain a deeper understanding of the scriptures. It is evident that mother Sita was not an ordinary human being. She was the pleasure potency of Lord…

(Paul):  The conceit of our course is this:  Philosophy can help you think about your life and maybe even make it better.  Into Philosophy was influenced by one of the books that inspires me the most, We Are All Explorers:…

An interlude follows in which I consider how aspects of psychology can be conceived of as superstitious rituals which draw their authority from the epistemic dominance of science. I position the various uses of psychology within an epistemic landscape of…

  Srila Lokanatha Gosvami    Amongst the Goswamis, Lokanatha was the eldest. He was always intensely absorbed in loving ecstatic mellows.    It is very difficult to describe the character of Lokanatha Goswami, who was so dear to Mahaprabhu. When Mahaprabhu…

northern bank of the Yamuna exactly opposite from Seva Kunja in Vrindavana, where the rasa-lila took place. Some say that Lakshmi Devi is still engaged in penance at Bilvavana even today, and a very famous festival is held at the…

Preference Screwing: Making it more difficult for an actor to achieve a certain level of utility by changing the actor’s preferences so that there is a larger divergence between the preference set and the actor’s option set. Section 2: Adaptive…