LEADER 03562nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910457241503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-45828-0 010 $a9786612458286 010 $a1-4008-2745-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400827459 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007092 035 $a(EBL)483552 035 $a(OCoLC)609855977 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000359881 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11281151 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359881 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10316853 035 $a(PQKB)11112529 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC483552 035 $a(OCoLC)647874688 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36328 035 $a(DE-B1597)446505 035 $a(OCoLC)979970153 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400827459 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL483552 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364734 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245828 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007092 100 $a20060929d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExplaining the cosmos$b[electronic resource] $ethe Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy /$fDaniel W. Graham 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (363 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12540-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-325) and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations and Brief References -- $t1. The Ionian Program -- $t2. Anaximander's Principles -- $t3. Anaximenes' Theory of Change -- $t4. The Generating Substance Theory as an Explanatory Hypothesis -- $t5. Heraclitus's Criticism of Ionian Philosophy -- $t6. Parmenides' Criticism of Ionian Philosophy -- $t7. Anaxagoras and Empedocles: Eleatic Pluralists -- $t8. The Elemental Substance Theory as an Explanatory Hypothesis -- $t9. The Atomist Reform -- $t10. Diogenes of Apollonia and Material Monism -- $t11. The Ionian Legacy -- $tReferences -- $tIndex Locorum -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aExplaining 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. 606 $aPhilosophy, Ancient 606 $aPre-Socratic philosophers 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Ancient. 615 0$aPre-Socratic philosophers. 676 $a182.1 700 $aGraham$b Daniel W$0172045 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457241503321 996 $aExplaining the cosmos$92452217 997 $aUNINA