Plato's Philosophy of Science
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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 otherphysiologoi. 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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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Andrew Gregory
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780715629871
- Release date
- 2001
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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 (...