# Eastern Philosophy: Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Philosophy\ **Created:** [September 3, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/eastern-philosophy-why/2885 "2026-09-03T22:01:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![180Proof](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/www.thephilosophyforum.com/180proof/32/1100_2.png) [@180Proof](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/180Proof)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/eastern-philosophy-why/2885/42 "2026-09-06T18:21:14Z")
Yes, so the “PSR axiom” is, in fact, _arbitrary_ and therefore _not_ self-consistent; in other words, it’s a useful fiction that’s _usually_ compatible with evolved, human instincts … thus, the counter-intuitiveness for us of the _fundamental_ fact – constraint – of Quantum Uncertainty (e.g. _random_ vaccuum fluctuations or virtual particles or radioactive emissions). ---
**Author:** ![Banno](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/www.thephilosophyforum.com/banno/32/55_2.png) [@Banno](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Banno)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/eastern-philosophy-why/2885/43 "2026-09-06T22:46:02Z")
> [@Scorpion](#): > > Thomism must’ve saved Europe from a similar catastrophe, St. Thomas having borrowed from Averroes the idea of the unity of truth. Then let’s give the credit to Averroes. ---
**Author:** ![Scorpion](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/www.thephilosophyforum.com/scorpion/32/875_2.png) [@Scorpion](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Scorpion)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/eastern-philosophy-why/2885/44 "2026-09-06T23:17:36Z")
> [@Banno](#): > > Then let’s give the credit to Averroes. Averroes as a philosopher and as someone who had studied the works of Aristotle and Plato, yes. [Previous page](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/eastern-philosophy-why/2885.md?page=2)