Explaining the Cosmos: The Ionian Tradition of Scientific Philosophy

by Daniel W. Graham

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"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691125406
• ISBN13: 9780691125404
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"