originally posted 7/31/22
It is important to note that the Vedanta shares more similarities with German and British idealism than it does with skepticism. Maya is to be interpreted as a positive metaphysical claim that shares structural similarities to that of German and British idealism. It is only under the false pretenses of the ordinary language movement that would conflate this with skepticism. Indeed, while the skeptic will not make a claim one way or another as to the illusionary nature of the world, the Vedantist will affirm the statement in the positive and continue to act in the world in a disorganized manner. The skeptic really leads himself to inaction, while the Vendantist continues to act in the world. Indeed, according to structuralism, the structure of a positive metaphysical claim always differs from that of an epistemological claim. To see another case to elucidate things, see Mctaggart’s denial of sense data. This not only refutes evolution and dinosaurs and so forth, but it also refutes things such as music if your willing to follow the argument. The skeptic will not make a claim one way or another whether evolution is true or not and will continue to enjoy music, since music is not metaphysical. The northern Europeans share more similarities with with the Vedanta, but it is up to the races who have more originality. So this is under the French structuralism which is hinted at in Radakrishnan’s work. The Vedanta actually shares more in common with traditionalism than they do with skepticism.
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