Author: Patricia CurdPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691011820
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
But the philosophers who came after Parmenides attempted to explain natural change and they assumed the reality of a plurality of basic entities. Thus, on the traditional interpretation, the later Presocratics either ignored or contradicted his arguments. In this book, Patricia Curd argues that Parmenides sought to reform rather than to reject scientific inquiry and provides a more coherent account of his influence on the philosophers who came after him.
