Presocratic Reflexivity: The Construction of Philosophical Discourse c. 600-450 B.C. : Logological Investigations: Volume Three

ISBN-13: 9780415101707 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 264 str.

Barry Sandywell

Opis

The author continues his sociological reconstruction of the origins of reflexive thought and discourse in this volume, with special reference to pre-Socratic philosophy and science, and their socio-political context.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION: TOWARD A SOCIOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHICAL CULTURE 1 PRESOCRATIC THOUGHT AND THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN EUROPEAN REFLECTION 2 THALES AND THE ORIGINS OF IONIAN COSMOLOGY 753 ANAXIMANDER’S COSMOS 4 ANAXIMENES’ PNEUMATOLOGY 5 THE PYTHAGOREAN FORM OF LIFE 6 HERACLITUS, LOGOLOGIST: THE REFLEXIVE COSMOS OF HERACLITUS 7 ELEATIC ONTOLOGY FROM XENOPHANES TO PARMENIDES AND BEYOND 8 PLURALISTS: EMPEDOCLES, ANAXAGORAS,AND THE BEGINNINGS OF ATOMISM

O autorze

Barry Sandywell is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of York.