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Greek Natural Philosophy
Author | : John Baird Callicott |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2017-12-21 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1516554272 |
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Greek Natural Philosophy presents the primary sources on the Presocratics in a straightforward way in order to tell a coherent story about the astonishing development of natural philosophy in ancient Greece and its relevance today. The book begins with historical influences on the birth of natural philosophy, especially literacy and the ecosystem services provided by the natural environment of ancient Greece. It argues that the individual philosophers' thoughts about the nature of the cosmos, living things, humankind, and human culture were linked by a "diachronic dialectic of ideas." Each philosopher's speculations were subjected to a critique by the next generation who crafted more subtle theories. The dialectical transition is traced from the mythopoeic worldview of Hesiod to the rational worldview of Thales and his Milesian successors, followed by Xenophanes and Heraclitus, then Parmenides and his Eleatic successors, and the qualitative pluralisms of Anaxagoras and Empedocles. An entirely fresh interpretation is provided of the Atomists and later Pythagoreans, whose work culminated in the ideas upon which Galileo, Newton, and the other architects of modern science, continued to build. In the span of only two centuries, the Presocratics developed the basic principles of philosophy and natural science, ecology, mathematical astronomy, the atomic theory of matter, an inertial theory of motion, and the possibility that our solar system is only one of infinitely many scattered throughout infinite time and space. The concluding chapter traces natural philosophy through subsequent centuries until its abandonment in 20th century philosophy, leading to the moribund state of philosophy by the end of that century. The authors show how environmental philosophy represents a return to natural philosophy and a model for the revival of philosophy's vigor and relevance in the 21st century. Greek Natural Philosophy is suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses in ancient Greek philosophy or in environmental philosophy, and will be of interest to scholars in these fields.
The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy
Author | : Sylvia Berryman |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2009-08-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781139480260 |
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It has long been thought that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously as part of the workings of nature, and that therefore their natural philosophy was both primitive and marginal. In this book Sylvia Berryman challenges that assumption, arguing that the idea that the world works 'like a machine' can be found in ancient Greek thought, predating the early modern philosophy with which it is most closely associated. Her discussion ranges over topics including balancing and equilibrium, lifting water, sphere-making and models of the heavens, and ancient Greek pneumatic theory, with detailed analysis of thinkers such as Aristotle, Archimedes, and Hero of Alexandria. Her book shows scholars of ancient Greek philosophy why it is necessary to pay attention to mechanics, and shows historians of science why the differences between ancient and modern reactions to mechanics are not as great as was generally thought.
Greek Natural Philosophy
Author | : J. Baird Callicott,John Van Buren,Keith Wayne Brown |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2017-12-21 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1516528565 |
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Greek Natural Philosophy presents the primary sources on the Presocratics in a straightforward way in order to tell a coherent story about the astonishing development of natural philosophy in ancient Greece and its relevance today... Greek Natural Philosophy is suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses in ancient Greek philosophy or in environmental philosophy, and will be of interest to scholars in this field.
A History of Natural Philosophy
Author | : Edward Grant,Professor Emeritus Edward Grant |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2007-01-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521869317 |
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This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible.
The Greek Concept of Nature
Author | : Gerard Naddaf |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2005-04-21 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0791463737 |
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In The Greek Concept of Nature, Gerard Naddaf utilizes historical, mythological, and linguistic perspectives to reconstruct the origin and evolution of the Greek concept of phusis. Usually translated as nature, phusis has been decisive both for the early history of philosophy and for its subsequent development. However, there is a considerable amount of controversy on what the earliest philosophers-Anaximander, Xenophanes, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Leucippus, and Democritus-actually had in mind when they spoke of phusis or nature. Naddaf demonstrates that the fundamental and etymological meaning of the word refers to the whole process of birth to maturity. He argues that the use of phusis in the famous expression Peri phuseos or historia peri phuseos refers to the origin and the growth of the universe from beginning to end. Naddaf's bold and original theory for the genesis of Greek philosophy demonstrates that archaic and mythological schemes were at the origin of the philosophical representations, but also that cosmogony, anthropogony, and politogony were never totally separated in early Greek philosophy. Book jacket.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists
Author | : Paul T. Keyser,Georgia L. Irby-Massie |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1468 |
Release | : 2008-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781134298020 |
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The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings through the end of Late Antiquity. A team of over 100 of the world’s experts in the field have compiled this Encyclopedia, including entries which are not mentioned in any other reference work – resulting in a unique and hugely ambitious resource which will prove indispensable for anyone seeking the details of the history of ancient science. Additional features include a Glossary, Gazetteer, and Time-Line. The Glossary explains many Greek (or Latin) terms difficult to translate, whilst the Gazetteer describes the many locales from which scientists came. The Time-Line shows the rapid rise in the practice of science in the 5th century BCE and rapid decline after Hadrian, due to the centralization of Roman power, with consequent loss of a context within which science could flourish.
Brill s Companion to the Reception of Presocratic Natural Philosophy in Later Classical Thought
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 2021-02-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9789004443358 |
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Brill's Companion to the Reception of Presocratic Natural Philosophy in Later Classical Thought explores both explicit and hidden influences of Presocratic (6-4th c. BCE) early scientific concepts, such as nature, elements, principles, soul, organization, causation, purpose, and cosmos in Platonic, Aristotelian, and Hippocratic philosophy
The Nature of Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy Volume 52
Author | : Edward Grant |
Publsiher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2010-04-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813217383 |
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In this volume, distinguished scholar Edward Grant identifies the vital elements that contributed to the creation of a widespread interest in natural philosophy, which has been characterized as the "Great Mother of the Sciences."