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Complementary duality of the Inca's cosmovision: An astrophysics perspective
Author(s) -
Gamarra Milton Rojas,
Gullberg Steven R.,
Estrázulas Mônica,
Horvath Jorge,
Zen Vasconcellos César A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201913718
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , duality (order theory) , physics , epistemology , point (geometry) , astrophysics , theoretical physics , philosophy , computer science , mathematics , geometry , discrete mathematics , artificial intelligence
In this contribution, we seek to identify conceptual elements in the Inca and pre‐Inca cultures (Andean primordial civilizations) that are consonant and exhibit convergence with science, and more specifically with astronomy and astrophysics. Moreover, this procedure may allow, as a consequence of an analysis based on some aspects of epistemology and astrophysics, a deeper discussion within a structuralist/poststructuralist point of view. Finally, in this investigation, we seek to identify epistemological contributions in these cultures that may broaden our view on the area of archaeoastronomy.