Plato's Philosophy of Science

by Andrew Gregory

Seeking to reassess Plato's views on how we might investigate and explain the natural world, this book argues that many of the common charges against Plato (disinterest, ignorance, dismissal of observation) are unfounded, and that Plato had a series of important and cogent criticisms of the early atomists and other physiologoi. His views on science, and on astronomy and cosmology in particular, develop in interesting ways. It also argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715629875
• ISBN13: 9780715629871
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.6"