06595nam 2201885Ia 450 991078105080332120200520144314.01-282-45828-097866124582861-4008-2745-010.1515/9781400827459(CKB)2550000000007092(EBL)483552(OCoLC)609855977(SSID)ssj0000359881(PQKBManifestationID)11281151(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359881(PQKBWorkID)10316853(PQKB)11112529(OCoLC)647874688(MdBmJHUP)muse36328(DE-B1597)446505(OCoLC)979970153(DE-B1597)9781400827459(Au-PeEL)EBL483552(CaPaEBR)ebr10364734(CaONFJC)MIL245828(MiAaPQ)EBC483552(PPN)265129451(EXLCZ)99255000000000709220060929d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExplaining the cosmos[electronic resource] the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy /Daniel W. GrahamCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20061 online resource (363 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-12540-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-325) and indexes. 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 IndexExplaining 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.Philosophy, AncientPre-Socratic philosophersAbsolute (philosophy).Alcmaeon of Croton.Alexander of Aphrodisias.Allusion.Ambiguity.Analogy.Anaxagoras.Anaximander.Anaximenes.Antidosis.Apeiron (cosmology).Aristotle.Atomism.Causality.Chemical element.Chemical formula.Classical element.Coeus.Concept.Contradiction.Cosmogony.Cratylus.Crius.Cronus.Democritus.Diogenes of Apollonia.Dualism (philosophy of mind).Dualism.Eleatics.Emergence.Empedocles.Empirical evidence.Essence.Existence.Explanandum.Explanation.Explication.Fallacy.First principle.Four causes.Greek Philosophy.Hippias.Hypothesis.Ignoratio elenchi.Inference.Inquiry.Instance (computer science).Isocrates.Leucippus.Lucretius.Material monism.Meteorology.Monism.Multitude.Mythology.Natural philosophy.Natural science.On Generation and Corruption.On the Heavens.Ontology.Ousia.Parmenides.Peripatetic school.Phenomenon.Philolaus.Philosopher.Philosophical theory.Philosophy.Pre-Socratic philosophy.Premise.Principle.Process philosophy.Prose.Pythagoreanism.Quantity.Rarefaction.Reality.Reason.Science.Scientific method.Scientist.Sophist.Substance theory.Teleology.Test theory.The Philosopher.Theogony.Theophrastus.Theoretical physics.Theory of Forms.Theory of change.Theory.Thomas Kuhn.Thought.Timaeus (dialogue).Trace Amounts.Treatise.Unity of opposites.World view.Xenophanes.Philosophy, Ancient.Pre-Socratic philosophers.182.108.21bcl08.35bclGraham Daniel W172045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781050803321Explaining the cosmos3674942UNINA