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The Founders of Western Thought - The Presocratics. A Diachronic Parallelism Between Presocratic Thought and Philosophy and the Natural Sciences.
Constantine J. Vamvacas
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Paperback. The Presocratics were the first in Western thought to interpret the universe critically. This book offers an accessible account of the founding and evolution of their thought, and it sheds unprecedented light on the scientific dimension of their work. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 309 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPC; HPCA; PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
There can be little doubt that the Greek tradition of philosophical criticism had its main source in Ionia. . . It thus leads the tradition which created the rational or scienti?c attitude, and with it our Western civilization, the only civilization, which is based upon science (though, of course, not upon science alone). Karl Popper, Back to the Presocratics Harvard University physicist and historian of Science, Gerald Holton, coined the term “Ionian Enchantment”, an expression that links the idea back in the 6th c- tury B. C. to the ancient Ionians along the eastern Aegean coast, while capturing its fascination. ... Read more
There can be little doubt that the Greek tradition of philosophical criticism had its main source in Ionia. . . It thus leads the tradition which created the rational or scienti?c attitude, and with it our Western civilization, the only civilization, which is based upon science (though, of course, not upon science alone). Karl Popper, Back to the Presocratics Harvard University physicist and historian of Science, Gerald Holton, coined the term “Ionian Enchantment”, an expression that links the idea back in the 6th c- tury B. C. to the ancient Ionians along the eastern Aegean coast, while capturing its fascination. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
293
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400789357
SKU
V9789400789357
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Reviews for The Founders of Western Thought - The Presocratics. A Diachronic Parallelism Between Presocratic Thought and Philosophy and the Natural Sciences.
From the reviews: “Vamvacas provides a very neat survey of presocratic philosophers in chronological order detailing their contributions to modern science. … provide a fairly lucid introduction to presocratic thought. The book was originally written in Greek in 2001 and has been translated in a manner that is easily accessible to non-historians, including Vamvacas’ desired scientific readership.” (Luciano Boschiero, ... Read more