The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy
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gptkb:philosophy
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gptkb:Atomism
gptkb:Leucippus Democritus |
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Aristotelian teleology
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explanation of natural phenomena through mechanical principles
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Ancient Greece
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The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy
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later mechanistic philosophy
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pre-Socratic philosophers
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causality based on physical interactions
natural phenomena result from matter in motion nature operates like a machine |
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influenced early modern science
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gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Plato |
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gptkb:Sylvia_Berryman
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5
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