Explaining the cosmos : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy /
Explaining the Cosmos is a major reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific tradition of philosophy, Daniel Graham argues that Presocratic philosophy is not a mere patchwork of different schools and styles of thought. Rather, there is a discernible and u...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2006.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- The Ionian program
- Anaximander's principles
- Anaximenes' theory of change
- The generating substance theory as an explanatory hypothesis
- Heraclitus's criticism of Ionian philosophy
- Parmenides' criticism of Ionian philosophy
- Anaxagoras and Empedocles : Eleatic pluralists
- The elemental substance theory as an explanatory hypothesis
- The atomist reform
- Diogenes of Apollonia and material monism
- The Ionian legacy.
