Title: Archaeology and the origins of philosophy /
Authors: Hahn, Robert, 1952-
Publisher: State University of New York Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Anaximander; Philosophy, Ancient.; Cosmology.; Archaeology
Contents: Part I: Archaeology and Anaximander's cosmic picture : an historical narrative -- 1. Anaximander, architectural historian of the cosmos -- Why did Anaximander write a prose book rationalizing the cosmos? -- A survey of the key techniques that Anaximander observed at the architect's building sites -- An imaginative visit to an ancient Greek building site -- Architectural planning -- 2. Anaximander's cosmic picture : the size and shape of the earth -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- The archaeological evidence -- 3. Anaximander's cosmic picture : the Homoios earth, '9', and the cosmic wheels -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- The archaeological evidence -- 4. Anaximander's cosmic picture : the "bellows" and cosmic breathing -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- The archaeological evidence --^ 5. Anaximander's cosmic picture : the heavenly "circle-wheels" and the Axis Mundi -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- The archaeological evidence -- 6. Anaximander's cosmic picture : reconstructing the seasonal sundial for the archaeologist's investigations -- The doxographical reports -- The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations -- Reconstructing the sundial for the archaeologist's explorations -- Objecting arguments and summary -- Part II: Archaeology and the metaphysical foundations of an historical narrative about the origins of philosophy -- 7. The problems : archaeology and the origins of philosophy -- The problem of philosophical rationality and cultural context -- The problem of archaeology and Greek philosophy -- 8. What is the archaeologist's theoretical frame when inferring ideas from artefacts? A short historical overview of theoretical archaeology --^ How is archaeology relevant to a philosopher's mentality? -- A synoptic overview of archaeological theory -- Post-processual or interpretative archaeology -- Some conclusions about archaeological interpretation -- 9. The interpretative meaning of an object : grounding historical narratives in lived experience -- The imaginative meaning of an artifact -- Hermeneutic and pragmatic interpretations -- Philosophical strategies for making sense of the "real" -- 10. The embodied ground of abstract and speculative thought -- The matter of mind : an archaeological approach to ancient thought -- John Dewey and William James on the context of consciousness -- Thinking through metaphor and the body of knowledge -- 11. Archaeology and future research in ancient philosophy : the two methods -- The method of discovery -- The method of exposition -- 12. The application of archaeology to ancient philosophy : metaphysical foundations and historical narratives -- The realism in narrative accounts --^ The hopelessness of metaphysical realism -- Crafting a case for "experiential realism": the argument of part II -- The presence of the past and the problem of the supracelestial thesis.