1st Edition

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

By Barry Sandywell Copyright 1996
    536 Pages
    by Routledge

    536 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this third Volume of Logological Investigations Sandywell continues his sociological reconstruction of the origins of reflexive thought and discourse with special reference to pre-Socratic philosophy and science and their socio-political context.

    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

    Biography

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