Since you are aiming towards philosophy with this one, I’ll share something about my intuitions around emptiness (as opposed to form, in Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy) as they relate to open sets in topology.
In my mind it has been fruitful to think of emptiness like openness and relate the two, specifically thinking of emptiness as describing the same aspect of reality that make “open” a good intuitive label for “open sets”. This has helped me understand what is pointed at by “emptiness” by understanding it as “openness” and reusing my topology intuitions as a grounding point.
I’m not sure I can be more precise, so I’ll have to leave it at that and hope it’s helpful.
Since you are aiming towards philosophy with this one, I’ll share something about my intuitions around emptiness (as opposed to form, in Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy) as they relate to open sets in topology.
In my mind it has been fruitful to think of emptiness like openness and relate the two, specifically thinking of emptiness as describing the same aspect of reality that make “open” a good intuitive label for “open sets”. This has helped me understand what is pointed at by “emptiness” by understanding it as “openness” and reusing my topology intuitions as a grounding point.
I’m not sure I can be more precise, so I’ll have to leave it at that and hope it’s helpful.