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Plato's Philosophy of Science

By Andrew Gregory

Book information

Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0715629875, 9780715629871
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
40 MB (42170803 bytes)
Pages
256\349
Time added
2015-09-16 01:56:37

Description

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 that Plato can best be seen as someone who is struggling with the foundations of scientific realism, and that he has interesting epistemological, cosmological and nomological reasons for his teleological approach.

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