Archaeology and the origins of philosophy

1. Verfasser: Hahn, Robert, 1952-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2010.
Umfang/Format: xxviii, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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
  • 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 about the origins of philosophy
  • The problems : archaeology and the origins of philosophy
  • The problem of philosophical rationality and cultural context
  • The problem of archaeology and Greek philosophy
  • What is the archaeologist theoretical frame when inferring ideas from artefacts from artifacts?
  • A short historical overview of theoretical archaeology
  • How is archaeology relevant to a philosopher's mentality?
  • A synoptic overview of archaeological theory
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  • Part I: Archaeology and Anaximander's cosmic picture : an historical narrative
  • 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 architects building sites
  • An imaginative visit to an ancient Greek building site
  • 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
  • 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
  • Anaximander's cosmic picture : the bellows and cosmic breathing
  • The doxographical reports
  • The scholarly debates over the text and its interpretations
  • The archaeological evidence
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  • Post-processual or interpretative archaeology
  • Some conclusions about archaeological interpretation
  • The interpretative meaning of an object : grounding historical narratives in lived-experience
  • The imaginative meaning of an artefact
  • Philosophical strategies for making sense of the real
  • The embodied ground of abstract and speculativethought
  • The matter of mind : an archaeological approach to ancient
  • John Dewey and William James on the context of consciousness
  • Thinking through metaphor and the body of knowledge
  • Archaeology and future research in ancient philosophy : the two methods
  • The method of discovery
  • The method of exposition
  • 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.

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