thales asserted that the most fundamental element is water.
who asserted that the most fundamental element is water?
thales
pre-socratic philosophers in ancient greek culture brought natural philosophy a step closer to direct inquiry about cause and effect in nature between 600 and 400 bc, although an element of magic and mythology remained. natural phenomena such as earthquakes and eclipses were explained increasingly in the context of nature itself instead of being attributed to angry gods. thales of miletus, an early philosopher who lived from 625 to 546 bc, explained earthquakes by theorizing that the world floated on water and that water was the fundamental element in nature. in the 5th century bc, leucippus was an early exponent of atomism, the idea that the world is made up of fundamental indivisible particles. pythagoras applied greek innovations in mathematics to astronomy, and suggested that the earth was spherical.
natural science
logical calculi begin from elements which require analysis through pure logic. he considered the most fundamental element in logisitic is judgment (), the most fundamental element in logic is concept, (). pure philosophical logic is a closed, self-contained, system, without fundamental flaws and of great beauty and wide applicability, and attacks against classical logic are largely unjustified. freytag-löringhoff was a staunch proponent of aristotelian logic. his views were challenged by józef maria bocheński, paul bernays and béla juhos, who were also at the symposium. haskell curry constructed a logical model that he used to contest freytag-löringhoff theses.
bruno von freytag-löringhoff