1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001347539707536

Autore

Arnol'd, Vladimir Igorevic

Titolo

Singularities and bifurcations / V. I. Arnold, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, R. I. : American Mathematical Society, c1994

ISBN

0821802372

Descrizione fisica

x, 262 p. ; 26 cm.

Collana

Advances in soviet mathematics, ISSN 10518037 ; 21

Classificazione

AMS 14P25

AMS 57-06

AMS 57M15

AMS 57M25

AMS 57N25

AMS 57R45

AMS 58C27

Disciplina

515.352

Soggetti

Manifolds and cell complexes - Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

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.