Atomism in philosophy

Bloomsbury Publishing

2021

x, 492 pages

9781350107496

List of Contributors -- Preface & Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Transliterations -- General Introduction, Ugo Zilioli -- PART I. ATOMISM IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY 1. Early Ancient Atomism, Similarities and Differences, Andrew Gregory -- 2. The Reception of Atomism in Ancient Medical Literature: From Hippocrates to Galen, Vincenzo Damiani -- 3. Why Aren’t Atoms Coloured?, David Sedley -- 4. Atoms and Minimal “Parts”: The Originality of Epicurean Atomism, Francesco Verde5. Atoms and Universals in Epicurus, Attila Nemeth -- 6. Atoms, Complexes and Simples in the Theaetetus, Sophie-Grace Chappell -- 7. Atomism in Plato’s Timaeus, Luca Pitteloud -- PART II. ATOMISM IN NON-WESTERN, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PHILOSOPHY 8. Atoms and Orientation: Vasubandhu’s Solution To The Problem Of Contact, Amber Carpenter and Ngaserin Ng Jing Ya -- 9. Aggregates versus Wholes: An Unresolved Debate between the Ny¯aya-Vai´ses.ika and Buddhist Schools in Ancient Indian Atomism, Sahotra Sarkar -- 10. Atomism and Islamic Thought, Francesco Omar Zamboni -- 11. Atoms and Time I, Charles Doyle -- 12. Atoms and Music in Late Medieval Philosophy, Philippa Ovenden -- 13. Atomism and the Cambridge Platonists, Adrian Mihai -- 14. Atomism and Society in William Petty, Akos Sivado -- 15. Atoms, Colours, and God in Leibniz, Alberto Artosi -- PART III. ATOMISM IN CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT Section I: Philosophy 16. Logical Atomism and Wittgenstein, Annalisa Coliva -- 17. Atomism and Semantics in the Philosophy of Jerrold Katz, Keith Begley -- 18. Atoms and Knowledge, Nick Treanor -- 19. Atoms and Time II, Mauro Dorato -- 20. Atomism and Marxism in Louis Althusser, Panagiotis Sotiris -- 21. Atomism and Liberalism, Philip Krinks Section II: Metaphysics -- 22. Atoms as Universals, Matthew Tugby -- 23. Atoms and Extended Simples, Travis Dumsday -- 24. Power Gunk, or Unlimitedly Divided Powers, Anna Marmodoro and Andrea Roselli -- 25. Atoms and Tropes, Peter Simons Section III: The Sciences: Physics and Chemistry -- 26. Atoms and Physics-Based Structuralism, Matteo Morganti -- 27. Atoms and Chemistry I: Not a Success Story, Paul Needham -- 28. Atoms and Chemistry II, Robin Hendry Index

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