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Explore the foundational development of scientific thought in this Cambridge University Press examination of how ancient Greek philosophers approached understanding motion. This scholarly work traces the logical tools, methodological principles, and mathematical concepts that emerged to address motion's conceptual challenges. Discover how thinkers in the 5th and 4th century BCE grappled with bringing together being and non-being, and reconciling time with space. The book reveals why Parmenides excluded motion from rational investigation and illuminates Zeno's philosophical puzzles. Essential reading for historians of science and philosophy students seeking insight into the intellectual origins of Western scientific method and how early philosophers built the foundations for rigorous mathematical and logical analysis of physical phenomena.

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Cambridge University Press publication offering scholarly examination of motion in ancient Greek philosophy and early scientific thought.

Explores logical tools and methodological principles developed to provide consistent accounts of motion in classical antiquity.

Investigates mathematical concepts introduced to resolve conceptual problems of motion in 5th and 4th century BCE philosophical traditions.

Addresses two fundamental problems: the relationship between being and non-being, and the connection between time and space.

Analyses how Parmenides excluded motion from rational investigation and discusses Zeno's philosophical paradoxes about motion.

Traces the intellectual foundations that shaped Western scientific method and mathematical understanding of physical phenomena.

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30 September 2020
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