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Atomism

Atomism (from Ancient Greek ἄτομον (atomon) 'uncuttable, indivisible') is a natural philosophy proposing that the physical universe is composed of fundamental indivisible components known as atoms.

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Reductionism

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Atomist renaissance

Modern atomic theory

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Atomism

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Triples124
Avg. degree1.99
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Atomism

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related to Indian atomism · 22
Atomism → Ajivika, Although, Aruni, BCE, Bhattacharya, Charvaka, For, Greeks, He, Hermann Jacobi, India, Indian, Kaṇāda, Kaṇāda's, Later, Miletus, Preliminary, Randall Collins, Some, Thales
related to Atomism and corpuscularianism · 16
Atomism → An, Boyle, Corpuscularianism, Descartes, English, Gassendi, In, In The Sceptical Chymist, Isaac Newton, It, Newman, Newton, Not, Robert Boyle, The, William
related to External links · 14
Atomism → Antiquity, By, Century, Dictionary, Fundamental Level, History, IdeasAtomism, IdeasJonathan Schaffer, Is There, Nous, Philosophy, PhilosophyAtomism, Seventeenth Century, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to Medieval Hinduism · 11
Atomism → Ajivika, Aphorisms, Everything, His, Kanada, Kanada Sutras, Nastika, Sanskrit, The, Vaiśeṣika, Vaiśeṣika Sūtra
related to Medieval Buddhism · 9
Atomism → Abhidhammattha-sangaha, Buddhism, Dharmakirti, Dignāga, Fyodor Shcherbatskoy, In, Invisible, Medieval Buddhist, Still
related to 17th century · 8
Atomism → Aristotelian, Epicurean, In, Isaac Beeckman, Pierre Gassendi, René Descartes, Robert Boyle, The
related to Medieval Christendom · 8
Atomism → According, Atomists, Descartes, Galen, Gassendi, Isaac Beeckman, Joshua Gregory, Middle Ages
related to Late 18th century · 6
Atomism → By, Leibniz, Newton, Ragusan, Roger Boscovich, Those
related to Reductionism · 4
Atomism → Democritus, Greek, One, Philosophical
is a · 2
Atomism → mind/body duality of Descartes, reductive argument

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atoms theory democritus matter century void philosophy greek atom atomic aristotle could nature particles epicurus different indivisible concept atomists theories

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Atomismis areductive argument0.90text
Atomismis amind/body duality of Descartes0.90text
earthquakesinstance ofhe was less sure we could adequately explain specific natural phenomena0.80text
lightninginstance ofhe was less sure we could adequately explain specific natural phenomena0.80text
cometsinstance ofhe was less sure we could adequately explain specific natural phenomena0.80text
or the phases of the Mooninstance ofhe was less sure we could adequately explain specific natural phenomena0.80text
Hermann Jacobiinstance ofSome scholars0.80text
Randall Collins have compared Aruni to Thales of Miletus in their scientific methodologyinstance ofSome scholars0.80text
calling them both asinstance ofSome scholars0.80text
Ibrahim al-Nazzam.Al-Ghazaliinstance ofWhile there are also Mu'tazilah theologians who are skeptical of atomism0.80text
Asharite atomismThe most successful form of Islamic atomism was in the Asharite school of Islamic theologyinstance ofWhile there are also Mu'tazilah theologians who are skeptical of atomism0.80text
most notably in the work of the theologian al-Ghazaliinstance ofWhile there are also Mu'tazilah theologians who are skeptical of atomism0.80text

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