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View SchemaThe Theory Of Matter in Indian Physics
| Authors | R. H. Narayan |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0702012 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0702012 |
Abstract
This paper is the second in series of the Indian physics of the Nyaya-Vaisheshika school. It is significant that the school defines matter not in terms of something gross that is anchored to the commonsensical notion of an object, but rather in terms of something that has attributes associated with it. Matter, or padartha, is whatever is knowable within the overarching complex of space and time, each of which is taken to be continuous and infinite. The significant concepts discussed here include how to localize an object, and that of nothingness, that is, vacuum.
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