Matter and motion / Thomas Nail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nail, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matter--Philosophy--History.

Matter.

Motion--Philosophy--History.

Motion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2024]

Summary:

Thomas Nail traces an alternative history of ancient and modern thinkers - from the Bronze Age to quantum physics - who share a radically different understanding of the nature of matter and motion compared to the rest of the Euro-Western tradition.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

I. Indeterminacy

1. Ancient Indeterminacy: Minoan Metamorphosis, Hesiod's Khaos and Lucretius' Swerve

2. Modern Indeterminacy: Marx's Void, Woolf 's Moments and Quantum Flux

II. Relationality

3. Ancient Relationality: Minoan Epiphany, Archaic Oracles and Lucretius' Muses

4. Modern Relationality: Marx's Metabolism, Woolf 's Rapture and Quantum Entanglement

III. Process and Pattern

5. Ancient Process and Pattern: The Minoan Labyrinth, the Eleusinian Mysteries and Weaving Strings

6. Modern Process and Pattern: Marx's Motion, Woolf 's Waves and Quantum Gravity

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-3995-2544-1

OCLC:

1419789063