Research Catalog

Title

Archaeology and the origins of philosophy / Robert Hahn.

Author

Hahn, Robert, 1952-

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

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Description

xxviii, 307 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

SUNY series in ancient greek philosophy

Uniform Title

SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.

Subject

• Anaximander
• Philosophy, Ancient
• Cosmology
• Archaeology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I: Archaeology and Anaximander's cosmic picture : an historical narrative -- 1. Anaximander, architectural historian of the cosmos -- Why did Anaximander write a prose book rationalizing the cosmos? -- A survey of the key techniques that Anaximander observed at the architect's building sites -- An imaginative visit to an ancient Greek building site -- Architectural planning -- 2. Anaximander's cosmic picture : the size and shape of the earth -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- The archaeological evidence -- 3. Anaximander's cosmic picture : the Homoios earth, '9', and the cosmic wheels -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- The archaeological evidence -- 4. Anaximander's cosmic picture : the "bellows" and cosmic breathing -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- The archaeological evidence -- 5. Anaximander's cosmic picture : the heavenly "circle-wheels" and the Axis Mundi -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- The archaeological evidence -- 6. Anaximander's cosmic picture : reconstructing the seasonal sundial for the archaeologist's investigations -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- Reconstructing the sundial for the archaeologist's explorations -- Objecting arguments and summary -- Part II: Archaeology and the metaphysical foundations of an historical narrative about the origins of philosophy -- 7. The problems : archaeology and the origins of philosophy -- The problem of philosophical rationality and cultural context -- The problem of archaeology and Greek philosophy -- 8. What is the archaeologist's theoretical frame when inferring ideas from artefacts? A short historical overview of theoretical archaeology -- How is archaeology relevant to a philosopher's mentality? -- A synoptic overview of archaeological theory -- Post-processual or interpretative archaeology -- Some conclusions about archaeological interpretation -- 9. The interpretative meaning of an object : grounding historical narratives in lived experience -- The imaginative meaning of an artifact -- Hermeneutic and pragmatic interpretations -- Philosophical strategies for making sense of the "real" -- 10. The embodied ground of abstract and speculative thought -- The matter of mind : an archaeological approach to ancient thought -- John Dewey and William James on the context of consciousness -- Thinking through metaphor and the body of knowledge -- 11. Archaeology and future research in ancient philosophy : the two methods -- The method of discovery -- The method of exposition -- 12. The application of archaeology to ancient philosophy : metaphysical foundations and historical narratives -- The realism in narrative accounts -- The hopelessness of metaphysical realism -- Crafting a case for "experiential realism": the argument of part II -- The presence of the past and the problem of the supracelestial thesis.

Call Number

JFE 10-5009

ISBN

• 9781438431659 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1438431651 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009034854

OCLC

YBP 2009034854

Author

Hahn, Robert, 1952-

Title

Archaeology and the origins of philosophy / Robert Hahn.

Imprint

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Series

SUNY series in ancient greek philosophy

SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 10-5009