The mechanical hypothesis in ancient Greek natural philosophy /

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"It has often been thought that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously as part of the workings of nature, and that this contributed to the marginalization of their natural philosophy. In this book Sylvia Berryman challenges that assumption, arguing that the idea that the world work...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berryman, Sylvia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophy of nature > History.
Mechanism (Philosophy) > History.
Philosophie ancienne.
Philosophie de la nature > Histoire.
Mécanisme (Philosophie) > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Cosmology.
Mechanism (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Ancient
Philosophy of nature
Naturphilosophie
Mechanismus > Philosophie
Mechanik
Griechenland > Altertum
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mechanics and the mechanical : some problems of terminology
  • 'Mechanistic' thought before mechanics?
  • Mechanics in the fourth century
  • The theory and practice of ancient Greek mechanics
  • Ancient Greek mechanics continued : the case of pneumatics
  • The philosophical reception of mechanics in antiquity.

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