Atomism in Philosophy: A History from Antiquity to the Present (Paperback)

List of Contributors Preface & Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Transliterations General Introduction, Ugo Zilioli PART I. ATOMISM IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY 1. Early Ancient Atomism, Similarities and Differences, Andrew Gregory 2. The Reception of Atomism in Ancient Medical Literature: From Hippocrates to Galen, Vincenzo Damiani 3. Why Aren't Atoms Coloured?, David Sedley 4. Atoms and Minimal "Parts": The Originality of Epicurean Atomism, Francesco Verde 5. Atoms and Universals in Epicurus, Attila Nemeth 6. Atoms, Complexes and Simples in the Theaetetus, Sophie-Grace Chappell 7. Atomism in Plato's Timaeus, Luca Pitteloud PART II. ATOMISM IN NON-WESTERN, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PHILOSOPHY 8. Atoms and Orientation: Vasubandhu's Solution To The Problem Of Contact, Amber Carpenter and Ngaserin Ng Jing Ya 9. Aggregates versus Wholes: An Unresolved Debate between the Ny?aya-Vai´ses.ika and Buddhist Schools in Ancient Indian Atomism, Sahotra Sarkar 10. Atomism and Islamic Thought, Francesco Omar Zamboni 11. Atoms and Time I, Charles Doyle 12. Atoms and Music in Late Medieval Philosophy, Philippa Ovenden 13. Atomism and the Cambridge Platonists, Adrian Mihai 14. Atomism and Society in William Petty, Akos Sivado 15. Atoms, Colours, and God in Leibniz, Alberto Artosi PART III. ATOMISM IN CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT Section I: Philosophy 16. Logical Atomism and Wittgenstein, Annalisa Coliva 17. Atomism and Semantics in the Philosophy of Jerrold Katz, Keith Begley 18. Atoms and Knowledge, Nick Treanor 19. Atoms and Time II, Mauro Dorato 20. Atomism and Marxism in Louis Althusser, Panagiotis Sotiris 21. Atomism and Liberalism, Philip Krinks Section II: Metaphysics 22. Atoms as Universals, Matthew Tugby 23. Atoms and Extended Simples, Travis Dumsday 24. Power Gunk, or Unlimitedly Divided Powers, Anna Marmodoro and Andrea Roselli 25. Atoms and Tropes, Peter Simons Section III: The Sciences: Physics and Chemistry 26. Atoms and Physics-Based Structuralism, Matteo Morganti 27. Atoms and Chemistry I: Not a Success Story, Paul Needham 28. Atoms and Chemistry II, Robin Hendry Index