1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781050803321

Autore

Graham Daniel W

Titolo

Explaining the cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / / Daniel W. Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-45828-0

9786612458286

1-4008-2745-0

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Classificazione

08.21

08.35

Disciplina

182.1

Soggetti

Philosophy, Ancient

Pre-Socratic philosophers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Brief References -- 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 -- References -- Index Locorum -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 unified Ionian tradition that dominates Presocratic debates. Graham rejects the common interpretation of the early Ionians as "material monists" and also the view of the later Ionians as desperately trying to save scientific philosophy from Parmenides' criticisms. In Graham's view, Parmenides plays a constructive role in shaping the scientific debates of the fifth century BC. Accordingly, the



history of Presocratic philosophy can be seen not as a series of dialectical failures, but rather as a series of theoretical advances that led to empirical discoveries. Indeed, the Ionian tradition can be seen as the origin of the scientific conception of the world that we still hold today.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777594903321

Autore

Stoler Mark A

Titolo

Allies and adversaries [[electronic resource] ] : the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliance, and U.S. strategy in World War II / / Mark A. Stoler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000

ISBN

979-88-908719-8-5

0-8078-6230-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/012

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - United States

Strategy - History - 20th century

Civil-military relations - United States

United States Military relations Foreign countries

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-355) and index.