Description |
1 online resource (359 pages) |
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Contents |
00GRAHAM_Frontmatter; 01GRAHAM_CH01_1; 02GRAHAM_CH02_28; 03GRAHAM_CH03_45; 04GRAHAM_CH04_85; 05GRAHAM_CH05_113; 06GRAHAM_CH06_148; 07GRAHAM_CH07_186; 08GRAHAM_CH08_224; 09GRAHAM_CH09_250; 10GRAHAM_CH10_277; 11GRAHAM_CH11_294; 12GRAHAM_Bibliography_309; 13GRAHAM_Index1_327; 14GRAHAM_Index2_337. |
Summary |
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, Parmenide. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Science -- Greece -- History.
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Science. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
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Science, Ancient.
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Science, Ancient. |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: 9780691125404 |
ISBN |
9781400827459 electronic book |
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1400827450 electronic book |
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