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Explaining the cosmos the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy

Title: Explaining the cosmos [electronic resource] : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / Daniel W. Graham.
Author: Graham, Daniel W.
Publication: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.

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1 online resource (xiii, 344 p.)

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Explaining the cosmos (Online)

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Explaining the cosmos (Online)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-325) and indexes.

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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.

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