The founders of western thought
the presocratics: a diachronic parallelism between presocratic thought and philosophy and the Natural Sciences
- ISBN: 9781402097904
- Editorial: Springer International Publishing AG
- Fecha de la edición: 2009
- Lugar de la edición: Leiden. Países Bajos
- Colección: Boston studies in the philosophy of science
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 25 cm
- Nº Pág.: 293
- Idiomas: Inglés
There are two main contributions in this book. Firstly, to make the founding and evolution of the Western thought accessible to the reflective man of our day, since the spirit of the Presocratics - although it is considered to constitute a true intellectual revolution - remains unknown to the broader community and secondly to shed greater light - probably for the first time - on the scientific dimension of the Presocratics' work, and show its timeless value. This book is a balanced interdisciplinary philosophic-scientific presentation of the evolution of Western thought through the presocratic tradition, where the synthesis of rationality and intuition - rather than their opposition - is the key to answering all questions of science, as we now understand the them. It is a book that investigates the roots of Western science and philosophy, where probably for the first time a coherent interrelation is shown between Presocratics' thought and classical, as well as modern physical sciences.
