Archaeology and the origins of philosophy
By: Robert Hahn.
Series: SUNY series in ancient greek philosophy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781438431659
Subjects: Anaximander; Philosophy, Ancient; Cosmology; Archaeology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Archaeology and Anaximander's cosmic picture : an historical narrative; title: Anaximander, architectural historian of the cosmos; title: Why did Anaximander write a prose book rationalizing the cosmos?; title: A survey of the key techniques that Anaximander observed at the architects building sites; title: An imaginative visit to an ancient Greek building site; title: Anaximander's cosmic picture : the size and shape of the earth; title: The doxographical reports; title: The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations; title: The archaeological evidence; title: Anaximander's cosmic picture : the homoios earth, 9, and the cosmic wheels; title: The doxographical reports; title: The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations; title: The archaeological evidence; title: Anaximander's cosmic picture : the bellows and cosmic breathing; title: The doxographical reports; title: The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations; title: The archaeological evidence; title: Anaximander's cosmic picture : the heavenly circle-wheels and the axis mundi; title: The doxographical reports; title: The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations; title: The archaeological evidence; title: Anaximander's cosmic picture : reconstructing the seasonal sundial for the archaeologist's investigations; title: The doxographical reports; title: The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations; title: Reconstructing the sundial for the archaeologist's explorations; title: Objecting arguments and summary; title: Part about the origins of philosophy; title: The problems : archaeology and the origins of philosophy; title: The problem of philosophical rationality and cultural context; title: The problem of archaeology and Greek philosophy; title: What is the archaeologist theoretical frame when  inferring ideas from artefacts from artifacts?; title: A short historical overview of theoretical archaeology; title: How is archaeology relevant to a philosopher's mentality?; title: A synoptic overview of archaeological theory; title: Post-processual or interpretative archaeology; title: Some conclusions about archaeological interpretation; title: The interpretative meaning of an object : grounding historical narratives in lived-experience; title: The imaginative meaning of an artefact; title: Philosophical strategies for making sense of the real; title: The embodied ground of abstract and speculativethought; title: The matter of mind : an archaeological approach to ancient; title: John Dewey and William James on the context of consciousness; title: Thinking through metaphor and the body of knowledge; title: Archaeology and future research in ancient philosophy : the two methods; title: The method of discovery; title: The method of exposition; title: The application of archaeology to ancient philosophy : metaphysical foundations and historical narratives; title: The realism in narrative accounts; title: The hopelessness of metaphysical realism; title: Crafting a case for experiential realism : the argument of part II; title: The presence of the past and the problem of the supracelestial thesis.