Nalin de Silva

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Professor Nalin de Silva is a theoretical physicist, a philosopher, and a political analyst from Sri Lanka. He is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

[edit] Biography

Nalin de Silva was born on 20 October 1944 in Kovilagodella near Panadura in Sri Lanka. He studied at Bauddhaloka Maha Vidyalaya, Wekada (Panadura), Thurstan College, Colombo, and Royal College, Colombo.

In 1963 he entered the University of Ceylon and graduated with a First Class Honors degree in Mathematics in 1967. He obtained his Doctorate in Theoretical Cosmology from the University of Sussex, UK, in 1970. He mathematically predicted, using the General Theory of Relativity, that a particle projected in the sense opposite to that of a rotating body, eventually rotates in the same sense as the rotating body, a fact that has been observed by a British-American research team in the 80’s.

Nalin de Silva was formally in the “Marxist Trotskyite Lanka Samasamaja” Party and the “Nava Samasamaja” Party, and as a Marxist and a Theoretical Physicist studying both disciplines intensively began to question the foundations of both Marxism and Western Science. As a result, in 1986, he wrote “Mage Lokaya” (My World), criticizing the basis of the established western system of knowledge, and its domination throughout the world. This has further evolved in to a study of Epistemology and Ontology, and in the process he has introduced and developed the concept of “Chinthanaya” ("thinking") as the basis on which knowledge is constructed by men relative to the sense organs, culture and the mind. He also heroworshipped President Premadasa. His writings form the theoretical and philosophical basis of “Jathika Chinthanaya”, an idea proposed by Gunadasa Amarasekara. Nalin de Silva's writings and lectures as well as “Gaweshakayo” ("Explorers") organization which he guided while teaching Mathematics in the University of Colombo, and “Chinthana Parshadaya”, of which he is the secretary, have made an impact on the Sri Lankan society.

Nalin de Silva is also the president of the Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA) in Sri Lanka and of the University Teachers' Association of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

[edit] Books

Mage Lokaya ("My World")
Jathiya Sanskruthiya Saha Chinthanaya ("Nation, Culture and Chinthanaya")
Bududahama Pavadeema ("Buddhism Betrayed")
Apohakaye Roopikaya ("Formalism of Dialectics")
Marxvadaye Daridrathawaya ("Poverty of Marxism")
Prabhakaran Ohuge Seeyala Bappala saha Massinala
An Introduction to Tamil Racism in Sri Lanka (English translation of the previous book)
Nidahase Pahantemba ("Beacon of Freedom")
Nidahasa Dinaganeema ("Winning Freedom")
Jathiye Iranama ("Fate of the Nation")
Sinhala Avurudda ("Sinhala New Year")
Vidya Kathandara ("Science as Stories")
Methivaranaya Ha Hamuduruwo ("Elections and Bhikkus")
Panashaye Daruwo ("Children of Fifty Six")
Ape Pravada ("Our Theories")
Parisaraya Ha Batahira Akalpa ("Environment and Western Attitudes")