Explaining the cosmos : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy

Title
  1. Explaining the cosmos : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / by Daniel W. Graham.
Published by
  1. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2006.
Author
  1. Graham, Daniel W.

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Description
  1. xiii, 344 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Philosophy, Ancient
  2. Pre-Socratic philosophers
Contents
  1. 1. The Ionian program -- 2. Anaximander's principles -- 3. Anaximenes' theory of change -- 4. The generating substance theory as an explanatory hypothesis -- 5. Heraclitus's criticism of Ionian philosophy -- 6. Parmenides' criticism of Ionian philosophy -- 7. Anaxagoras and Empedocles: Eleatic pluralists -- 8. The elemental substance theory as an explanatory hypothesis -- 9. The atomist reform -- 10. Diogenes of Apollonia and material monism -- 11. The Ionian legacy.
Call number
  1. JFE 06-13979
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-325) and indexes.
Author
  1. Graham, Daniel W.
Title
  1. Explaining the cosmos : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / by Daniel W. Graham.
Imprint
  1. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2006.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-325) and indexes.
ISBN
  1. 0691125406
  2. 9780691125404
Research call number
  1. JFE 06-13979
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