Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 336 p)
,
ill
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472597854
Content:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Cosmology, Cosmogony and Teleology -- 2. Astronomy, Observation and Experiment -- 3. Meno's Paradox and Underdetemination -- 4. Celestial Motion in the Timaeus -- 5. Plato and the Development of Greek Astronomy -- 6. Plato and the Development of Greek Cosmology -- 7. Geometrical Atomism - Flux and Language -- 8. Geometrical Atomism - Matter and Space -- 9. Epistemology in the Timaeus and Philebus -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- Index of names -- General index
Content:
In this illuminating book Andrew Gregory takes an original approach to Plato's philosophy of science by reassessing Plato's views on how we might investigate and explain the natural world. He demonstrates that many of the common charges against Plato - disinterest, ignorance, dismissal of observation - are unfounded, and shows instead that Plato had a series of important and cogent criticisms to make of the early atomists and other physiologoi. Plato's views on science, and on astronomy and cosmology in particular, are shown to have developed in interesting ways. Thus, the book argues, Plato can best be seen as a philosopher struggling with the foundations of scientific realism, and as someone, moreover, who has interesting epistemological, cosmological and nomological reasons for his approach. Plato's Philosophy of Science is important reading for all those with an interest in Ancient Philosophy and the History of Science
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-324) and index
,
Also issued in print.
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
,
Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780715629871
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472502377
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472502384
Additional Edition:
Available in another form
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472597854
