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John Philoponus on Physical Place
Engelsk Hardback
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Engelsk Hardback

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First philosophical monograph exclusively focusing on John Philoponus’ theory of place and the void.

This book examines the place of physical bodies, a major topic of natural philosophy that has occupied philosophers since antiquity. Aristotle’s conceptions of place (topos) and the void (kenon), as expounded in the Physics, were systematically repudiated by John Philoponus (ca. 485-570) in his philosophical commentary on that work. The primary philosophical concern of the present study is the in-depth investigation of the concept of place established by Philoponus, putting forward the claim that the latter offers satisfactory solutions to problems raised by Aristotle and the Aristotelian tradition regarding the nature of place. Philoponus’ account proposes a specific physical model of how physical bodies exist and move in place, and regards place as an intrinsic reality of the physical cosmos. Due to exactly this model, his account may be considered as strictly pertaining to the study of physics, thereby constituting a remarkable episode in the history of philosophy and science.

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
193
ISBN-13:
9789462702745
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
9462702748
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 jun 2021
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
156mm
Højde:
234mm
Forlag:
Leuven University Press
Oplagsdato:
16 jun 2021
Forfatter(e):
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