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13 July 2009
The Ontological Counterrevolution: Parmenides, the First Extreme Rationalist
This post is one in a series on the History of Epistemological Thought Previously in this series: The Ontological Revolution: The Proto-Skepticism of Heraclitus . As discussed in the previous post in this series, Heraclitus introduced ontology into the world of philosophy, threatening to upend the cosmological... Read More...
28 June 2009
The Ontological Revolution: The Proto-Skepticism of Heraclitus
This post is one in a series on the History of Epistemological Thought . Previously in this series: Induction in Ancient Greek Thought. A key element of the cosmologies of the Milesian physiologi is the phenomenon of change. Each Milesian believed the entire universe was once composed of a single kind... Read More...