Cause and explanation in ancient Greek thought
Traces the history of ancient Greek thinking about causation and explanation. This book examines how the Greeks dealt with questions about how and why things happen as and when they do, about the basic constitution and structure of things, about function and purpose, laws of nature, chance, coincidence, and responsibility.
1 online resource (516 pages)
9780199246564, 0199246564
191826180
Introduction ; 1. The Presocratics ; 2. Science and Sophistry ; 3. Plato ; 4. Aristotle: Explanation and Nature ; 5. Aristotle: Explanation and the World ; 6. The Atomists ; 7. The Stoics ; 8. The Sceptics ; 9. Explanation in the Medical Schools ; 10. The Age of Synthesis ; 11. Science and Explanation ; 12. The Neoplatonists ; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
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