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Explaining the cosmos : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy
- Title
- Explaining the cosmos : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / by Daniel W. Graham.
- Author
- Graham, Daniel W.
- Publication
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2006.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 344 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-325) and indexes.
- Contents
- 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
- JFE 06-13979
- ISBN
- 0691125406
- 9780691125404
- OCLC
- 71341444
- Author
- Graham, Daniel W.
- Title
- Explaining the cosmos : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / by Daniel W. Graham.
- Imprint
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-325) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-13979