Atomism In Philosophy

Author : Ugo Zilioli
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350107519

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Atomism in Philosophy by Ugo Zilioli Pdf

The nature of matter and the idea of indivisible parts has fascinated philosophers, historians, scientists and physicists from antiquity to the present day. This collection covers the richness of its history, starting with how the Ancient Greeks came to assume the existence of atoms and concluding with contemporary metaphysical debates about structure, time and reality. Focusing on important moments in the history of human thought when the debate about atomism was particularly flourishing and transformative for the scientific and philosophical spirit of the time, this collection covers: - The discovery of atomism in ancient philosophy - Ancient non-Western, Arabic and late Medieval thought - The Renaissance, when along with the re-discovery of ancient thought, atomism became once again an important doctrine to be fully debated - Logical atomism in early analytic philosophy, with Russell and Wittgenstein - Atomism in Liberalism and Marxism - Atomism and the philosophy of time - Atomism in contemporary metaphysics - Atomism and the sciences Featuring 28 chapters by leading and younger scholars, this valuable collection reveals the development of one of philosophy's central doctrines across 2,500 years and within a broad range of philosophical traditions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047425649

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Atomism in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology by Anonim Pdf

Drawing a new portrait of late medieval conflicts between atomists and anti-atomists, this book offers a new outlook on the fourteenth century's development of sciences.

Author : Leucippus,Democritus,C. C. W. Taylor
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442612129

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The Atomists, Leucippus and Democritus by Leucippus,Democritus,C. C. W. Taylor Pdf

A new presentation of the evidence for the thought of Leucippus and Democritus, based on the original sources. Includes the Greek text of the fragments with facing English translation, notes, commentary, and complete indexes and concordances.

Author : Professor of Philosophy Patricia Curd,Professor of Philosophy Daniel W Graham
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195146875

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The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy by Professor of Philosophy Patricia Curd,Professor of Philosophy Daniel W Graham Pdf

This handbook brings together leading international scholars to study the diverse figures, movements, and approaches that constitute presocratic philosophy. The study presents interpretations and evaluations of the Presocratics' accomplishments, from Thales to the sophists and from theology to science.

Author : Saul Fisher
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004119963

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Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy And Science by Saul Fisher Pdf

This study of Gassendi's philosophy and science puts forth the view that his atomism follows from his empiricism: as an outgrowth of our best theory of knowledge and sound scientific method, we get evidence that warrents the micorphysical theory.

Author : Alan Chalmers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048123629

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The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone by Alan Chalmers Pdf

Drawing on the results of his own scholarly research as well as that of others the author offers, for the first time, a comprehensive and documented history of theories of the atom from Democritus to the twentieth century. This is not history for its own sake. By critically reflecting on the various versions of atomic theories of the past the author is able to grapple with the question of what sets scientific knowledge apart from other kinds of knowledge, philosophical knowledge in particular. He thereby engages historically with issues concerning the nature and status of scientific knowledge that were dealt with in a more abstract way in his What Is This Thing Called Science?, a book that has been a standard text in philosophy of science for three decades and which is available in nineteen languages. Speculations about the fundamental structure of matter from Democritus to the seventeenth-century mechanical philosophers and beyond are construed as categorically distinct from atomic theories amenable to experimental investigation and support and as contributing little to the latter from a historical point of view. The thesis will provoke historians and philosophers of science alike and will require a revision of a range of standard views in the history of science and philosophy. The book is key reading for students and scholars in History and Philosophy of Science and will be instructive for and provide a challenge to philosophers, historians and scientists more generally.

Author : Christophe Grellard,Aurâelien Robert
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004172173

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Atomism in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology by Christophe Grellard,Aurâelien Robert Pdf

Drawing a new portrait of late medieval conflicts between atomists and anti-atomists, this book offers a new outlook on the fourteenth century's development of sciences.

Author : Andrew Pyle
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Atomic theory
ISBN : NWU:35556029963352

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Atomism and Its Critics by Andrew Pyle Pdf

A substantial and in-depth study of the history of the atomic theory of matter between the time of Democritus and that of Newton. It is the first to emphasize the continuity of the atomic debate and the debt owed by the seventeenth-century "moderns" to the medieval critique of Aristotle.

Author : Robert J. Roecklein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Atomism
ISBN : 1498509819

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Locke, Hume, and the Treacherous Logos of Atomism by Robert J. Roecklein Pdf

The atomism of quantum physics has foundations more than twenty-five centuries old. Atomism is a philosophy, deductive and metaphysical. John Locke and David Hume suppressed the full philosophy of atomism in their presentations, but this book aims to restore and critique atomi...

Author : Gaston Bachelard
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438471273

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Atomistic Intuitions by Gaston Bachelard Pdf

An English translation of the French philosopher’s sixth book, in which he seeks to develop a metaphysical context for modern atomistic science. French philosopher Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962) is best known in the English-speaking world for his work on poetics and the literary imagination, but much of his oeuvre is devoted to epistemology and the philosophy of science. Like Thomas Kuhn, whose work he anticipates by three decades, Bachelard examines the revolution taking place in scientific thought, but with particular attention to the philosophical implications of scientific practice. Atomistic Intuitions, published in 1933, considers past atomistic doctrines as a context for proposing a metaphysics for the scientific revolutions of the twentieth century. As his subtitle indicates, in this book Bachelard proposes a classification of atomistic intuitions as they are transformed over the course of history. More than a mere taxonomy, this exploration of atomistic doctrines since antiquity proves to be keenly pedagogical, leading to an enriched philosophical appreciation of modern subatomic physics and chemistry as sciences of axioms. Though focused on philosophy of science, the perspectives and intuitions Bachelard garnered through this work provide a unique and even essential key to understanding his extensive writings on the imagination. Roch C. Smith’s translation and explanatory notes will help to make this aspect of Bachelard’s thought accessible to a wider readership, particularly in such fields as aesthetics, literature, and history.

Author : Cyril Bailey
Publisher : Russell & Russell Publishers
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005285395

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The Greek Atomists and Epicurus by Cyril Bailey Pdf

Author : Landon D. C. Elkind,Gregory Landini
Publisher : Springer
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319943640

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The Philosophy of Logical Atomism by Landon D. C. Elkind,Gregory Landini Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive critical survey of issues of historical interpretation and evaluation in Bertrand Russell's 1918 logical atomism lectures and logical atomism itself. These lectures record the culmination of Russell's thought in response to discussions with Wittgenstein on the nature of judgement and philosophy of logic and with Moore and other philosophical realists about epistemology and ontological atomism, and to Whitehead and Russell’s novel extension of revolutionary nineteenth-century work in mathematics and logic. Russell's logical atomism lectures have had a lasting impact on analytic philosophy and on Russell's contemporaries including Carnap, Ramsey, Stebbing, and Wittgenstein. Comprised of 14 original essays, this book will demonstrate how the direct and indirect influence of these lectures thus runs deep and wide.

Author : David J. Furley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400879458

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Two Studies in the Greek Atomists by David J. Furley Pdf

The two studies, "Indivisible Magnitudes," and “Aristotle and Epicurus on Voluntary Action,” explain two doctrines in the philosophy of Epicurus, first by a detailed examination of the ancient Greek and Latin texts which describe them, and second by showing how earlier Greek philosophy gave rise to the problems Epicurus tackled. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Bernard Pullman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0195150406

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The Atom in the History of Human Thought by Bernard Pullman Pdf

The concept of the atom is very close to scientific bedrock, the deepest and most fundamental fact about the nature of reality. This book presents the whole panorama of the atomic hypothesis, and its place in Western civilization, from its origins in early Greek philosophy 2500 years ago to the definitive proof through direct microscopic imaging of since atoms, about ten years ago.

Author : Deborah A. Boyle,Deborah Boyle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190234805

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The Well-ordered Universe by Deborah A. Boyle,Deborah Boyle Pdf

Order and regularities -- Cavendish's atomism -- Vitalist materialism and infinite nature -- Creatures -- Human nature and the desire for fame -- Peace and order in human societies -- Gender roles and the role of nature -- Humans and the natural world -- Health and order in the human body