{"product_id":"atomism-in-philosophy-a-history-from-antiquity-to-the-present-paperback","title":"Atomism in Philosophy: A History from Antiquity to the Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUgo Zilioli\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nature of matter and the idea of indivisible parts has fascinated philosophers, historians, scientists and physicists from antiquity to the present day. This collection covers the richness of its history, starting with how the Ancient Greeks came to assume the existence of atoms and concluding with contemporary metaphysical debates about structure, time and reality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Focusing on important moments in the history of human thought when the debate about atomism was particularly flourishing and transformative for the scientific and philosophical spirit of the time, this collection covers: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - The discovery of atomism in ancient philosophy\u003cbr\u003e - Ancient non-Western, Arabic and late Medieval thought\u003cbr\u003e - The Renaissance, when along with the re-discovery of ancient thought, atomism became once again an important doctrine to be fully debated\u003cbr\u003e - Logical atomism in early analytic philosophy, with Russell and Wittgenstein \u003cbr\u003e - Atomism in Liberalism and Marxism\u003cbr\u003e- Atomism and the philosophy of time\u003cbr\u003e- Atomism in contemporary metaphysics \u003cbr\u003e- Atomism and the sciences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Featuring 28 chapters by leading and younger scholars, this valuable collection reveals the development of one of philosophy's central doctrines across 2,500 years and within a broad range of philosophical traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUgo Zilioli \u003c\/b\u003eis Leverhulme Researcher at the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford and Associate Member of Lady Margaret Hall, UK. He is author of \u003ci\u003eProtagoras and the Challenge of Relativism: Plato's Subtlest Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e (2007; 2nd edition 2016), \u003ci\u003e The Cyrenaics\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and editor of\u003ci\u003e From the Socratics to the Socratic Schools: Classical Ethics, Metaphysics and Epistemology\u003c\/i\u003e (2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52716255871283,"sku":"9781350355057","price":113.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TWU2eTJOS3FEeCsvU2NPVVM1bDlZUT09.webp?v=1763607745","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/atomism-in-philosophy-a-history-from-antiquity-to-the-present-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}