Explaining the cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / / Daniel W. Graham |
Autore | Graham Daniel W |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
Disciplina | 182.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, Ancient
Pre-Socratic philosophers |
Soggetto non controllato |
Absolute (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 |
ISBN |
1-282-45828-0
9786612458286 1-4008-2745-0 |
Classificazione |
08.21
08.35 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
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Graham Daniel W | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knowledge, nature, and the good [[electronic resource] ] : essays on ancient philosophy / / John M. Cooper |
Autore | Cooper John M (John Madison), <1939-2022.> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
Disciplina | 180 |
Soggetto topico | Philosophy, Ancient |
Soggetto non controllato |
Academic skepticism
Alexander Nehamas Alexander of Aphrodisias Analogy Antiochus of Ascalon Aristotle Arius Didymus Atomism Awareness Cambridge University Press Carneades Chrysippus Concept Counterargument Criticism Democritus Determinism Dialectician Disease Empedocles Epictetus Epicureanism Epicurus Epistemology Ethics Eudaimonia Existence Explanation Explication Eye color Feeling First principle Four causes Glaucon God Good and evil Hedonism Hiero (Xenophon) Hypothesis Illustration Immanuel Kant Indication (medicine) Inference Ingredient Inquiry Isocrates Lecture Loeb Classical Library Materialism Methodology Morality Mutatis mutandis Natural kind On Ancient Medicine Ontology Parmenides Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophical analysis Philosophical methodology Philosophical theory Philosophy Physician Plato Platonism Potentiality and actuality Practical reason Pre-Socratic philosophy Premise Principle Protagoras Pyrrhonism Quantity Rationality Reality Reason Requirement Rhetoric Self-sufficiency Semen Sextus Empiricus Skepticism Socratic method Socratic Stoicism Suggestion Teleology The Philosopher Theaetetus (dialogue) Theoretical physics Theory of Forms Theory Thought Treatise Uncertainty Understanding Value theory Virtue W. D. Ross Writing |
ISBN |
1-282-08708-8
9786612087080 1-4008-2644-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Knowledge -- Method and science in On ancient medicine -- Plato on sense-perception and knowledge (Theaetetus 184-186) -- Plato, Isocrates, and Cicero on the independence of oratory from philosophy -- Arcesilaus : Socratic and skeptic -- ; Nature -- Aristotle on natural teleology -- Hypothetical necessity -- Two notes on Aristotle on mixture -- Metaphysics in Aristotle's embryology -- Stoic autonomy -- ; The good -- Two theories of justice -- Plato and Aristotle on "finality" and "(Self)sufficiency" -- Moral theory and moral improvement : Seneca -- Moral theory and moral improvement : Marcus Aurelius. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777705103321 |
Cooper John M (John Madison), <1939-2022.> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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