Reading Natural Philosophy
Subtitle: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics
Contributors: David B. Malament (Editor); Abner Shimony (Introduction)
Publisher: Open Court
Published: June 24, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780812695076
Subjects: Philosophy of mathematics; Philosophy of science; Western philosophy; Philosophy & Social Aspects; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy; Science; Philosophy / History, Criticism, Surveys; History; General; Congresses; Mathematics
First sentence: There are two places in Plato's Dialogues in which he discusses his conception of scientific explanation: the passages on the 'second best method' in the Phaedo and the passages on noesis in the Divided Line simile in book 6 of the Republic.