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Journal Article
Kundakunda, Cantor, and the 'Inaccessibility' of the Absolute: A Set-Theoretical Approach to Sarvajñatā
2022
Overview
In this article, Kundakunda's theory of omniscience is defended using formal principles derived from set theory. More precisely, analogous features in the work of Jain mystic Kundakunda and the German mathematician Georg Cantor are described, demonstrating that both thinkers demanded an independently existent, transcendental Absolute to render consistent their own systems of thought. Both of their projects entailed resolving the formal quandary of inaccessibility, or the inability for any sequential, determinate objectifications to ever mereologically sum up to a genuine 'Absolute' - that is, a 'gestalt' that is 'more than the sum of its parts'.
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University of Hawai'i Press,University of Hawaii Press
