Journal of Epistemology and Mind Sciences
Online ISSN : 2436-2131
Research essay
On Topology as a Language
Modification of the World Described by Topology
Yoshihito Ogasawara
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2022 Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages 46-63

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Modern science is characterized by the use of mathematics as its language. This article shows the possibility of using topology, a field of mathematics, as a language. Concretely, after explaining its basic concepts, the article shows the possibility of picturing a new world image by the use of topology as a language. For example, it shows the possibility of picturing a world in which everything becomes things, the self becomes empty, the external world also becomes empty, and there is only a barrier between the self and the external world. On the other hand, it shows the possibility of picturing a world in which there are no things at all, the self and the external world are maximally fulfilled, and there is no boundary between the two. Furthermore, there is the possibility of picturing a world in which the external world clings to the self and they cannot be distinguished, or conversely, a world in which the external world and the self are extremely distinguished. In addition, the intuitively obvious concepts of continuity and discontinuity are deconstructed, and we can see the possibility of its new recognition. Trying to describe the world by the use of topology as a language, we can see the emergence of a new world told by topology.
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