Explaining the cosmos : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / Daniel W. Graham.

Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2006], ©2006.

xiii, 344 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-325) and indexes.

The Ionian program -- Anaximander's principles -- Anaximenes' theory of change -- The generating substance theory as an explanatory hypothesis -- Heraclitus's criticism of Ionian philosophy -- Parmenides' criticism of Ionian philosophy -- Anaxagoras and Empedocles : Eleatic pluralists -- The elemental substance theory as an explanatory hypothesis -- The atomist reform -- Diogenes of Apollonia and material monism -- The Ionian legacy.