dichotomy

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Some notes on empiricism, etc.

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Uncategorized Acharya Kanad aesthetics Alfred Shapere dichotomy empiricism epistemology formal science Frank Wilczek Hilary Putnam history knowledge naturalness nature science Philosophy of Science rationalism sense experience Social Sciences string theory time crystals

The Wire published a story about the 'atoms of Acharya Kanad' (background here; tl;dr: Folks at a university in Gujarat claimed an ancient Indian sage had put forth the theory of atoms centuri…