| 单词 | atomism |
| 例句 | Thomas Bradwardine, who was to become archbishop of Canterbury, tried to disprove atomism, Aristotle’s old nemesis. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was his familiarity with atomism which made it possible for Bacon, exceptionally and presciently, to dismiss human sensory organs as inherently defective and often misleading. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Galileo had never mentioned atomism in print, although some who knew him claimed that, in private, he made clear his commitment to it; Gilbert had discussed atomism only to reject it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In England he may well have met Thomas Harriot, a great mathematician who was evidently attracted to atomism, and Gilbert too. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But if atomism suggested the existence of an invisible world of micro-mechanisms, it did not imply the existence of an invisible world of micro-organisms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In English there was an alternative: Robert Boyle invented the term ‘the corpuscularian philosophy’ in 1662 to cover both ancient atomism and Descartes’ new corpuscular theory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At the same time, he wondered whether his own logic was faulty, since he based his arguments on geometry, whose infinitely divisible lines automatically reject atomism. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z So classical atomism, as revised and reconstructed in the seventeenth century by Gassendi, Descartes and others, explained nature in terms of interacting particles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The atomism of Democritus, Epicurus and Lucretius implied that the universe is made up of building blocks that function through their size, shape and solidity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She begins in the 5th century B.C., when Democritus formulated his atomism, locating the ultimate nature of things in matter rather than divinity. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Note that the atomism alluded to here is different from what is referred to as atomic theory. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z But such a system, critics have long said, breeds not autonomy but atomism, not fairness but inequality, not fulfillment but emptiness, not culture but anarchy. Perspective | We’re in an anti-liberal moment. Liberals need better answers. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z French natural philosopher and priest Pierre Gassendi sought to revive ancient atomism in a Christian framework, whereas philosopher René Descartes proposed an entirely mechanistic universe based on contiguous point particles. More than 2,000 years of elements: a prehistory of the periodic table 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Newton was explicit about his debt to ancient philosophy, Democritus in particular, for ideas that arose originally from philosophical motivations, such as the notions of empty space, atomism and natural rectilinear motion. Physics Needs Philosophy / Philosophy Needs Physics 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The bluing of the landscape with distance, which Leonardo called “aerial perspective”, was based on a detailed theory of light and air, informed by the classical theory of atomism. Art: Under Mona Lisa's smile : Nature : Nature Research 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Today, some might think that atomism and Aristotle’s teleological view have evolved into a theory of cells that resolves the acorn-oak tree identity problem. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z In Hume’s theory of knowledge we have the final expression of what may be called psychological individualism or atomism, while his ethics and doctrine of religion are but the logical consequences of this theory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It arises out of the combination of two principles, neither of which is atheistic taken separately, i.e. atomism and corporealism, or the doctrine that nothing exists but body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The third type, which may be called “logical atomism” for want of a better name, has gradually crept into philosophy through the critical scrutiny of mathematics. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z From the days of Grecian atomism men have attempted to show that all change in the Universe is ultimately reducible to changes of place, order, spatial arrangement and collocation, of those hypothetical atomic factors. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z It is known for its naturalism, and scholars of the Vaisheshika school developed a form of atomism. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Mechanism as to motion, atomism as to structure, materialism as to substance, that is the whole system of Democritus. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Under the same demand, be it said, atomism could stand only if supplemented by some doctrine of assumed unity or co-operation among all the elements—as, for example, by Leibnitz's doctrine of pre-established harmony. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker This billiard-ball view of matter dominated the imagination of physicists until quite modern times, until, in fact, it was replaced by the electromagnetic theory, which in its turn is developing into a new atomism. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z But logical atomism was implicit even in this theory. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude One of the views that resonates with the contemporary reader is that of atomism. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The Epicureans took over the atomism of Democritus and Leucippus, with few modifications, and made it the basis of their own teaching. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy It is the stand-point from which atomism would be adopted as the philosophic system. Pedagogics as a System The new skepticism arrayed Aristotle against Plato as the earlier skeptics arrayed atomism against the doctrine of the Eleatics. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles This is of course consonant with the neo-realistic atomism, however inconsonant it may be with the conception of implication which it employs. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Indian atomism provides for foundational immutable substances while going further toward accounting for change and explaining the transformation of the acorn into the oak. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Epicurus early became acquainted with the atomism of Democritus, but his learning in earlier systems of philosophy does not appear to have been extensive. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Social atomism or individualism, therefore, implied a total misconception of what Mill calls the 'evolution of humanity.' The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill The philosophy which I wish to advocate may be called logical atomism or absolute pluralism, because, while maintaining that there are many things, it denies that there is a whole composed of those things. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Only the force of the prepossession of mathematical atomism in analytic logic can account for its failure to do so. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Lucretius adopts a material atomism that holds that things are composed of atoms in motion. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The Stoics return to Heracleitus for their physics, Epicurus resurrects the atomism of Democritus. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The whole scientific method tended to materialism and atomism; to a breaking up of the world into disconnected atoms, and losing the life in dissecting the machinery. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill But atomism has not been by any means universally regarded as the most satisfactory conception of the relation between space and matter. The Approach to Philosophy The fall of the old world, which was at once political, religious and philosophical, was characterized by a universal atomism. The Basis of Early Christian Theism We can see this in their atomism and their religious skepticism, which hearkens back to Xenophanes. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Therefore he searched the past, and soon found what he wanted in the atomism of Democritus. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The whole physical and chemical science of that century was now based upon the atom, and it is quite a mistake to suppose that recent discoveries have discredited "atomism." The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told This means, in effect, that Leibniz's system is not an unmitigated spiritual atomism. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil If a plurality of nine to two is not sufficient to determine policy and conduct business in a modern nation, then there is no other choice except anarchy, or rather an insane atomism. The Open Secret of Ireland But whether this ether was to be regarded as a strictly material and continuous substance was an undecided point, and hence the revived atomism, escaped strangling in its birth. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century Epicurus, therefore, adopted the atomism of Democritus en bloc, or with trifling modifications. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy He notes that atomism and science were born, in Greece, of the same problem, and that in modern times the revival of the one was closely connected with that of the other. The New Physics and Its Evolution Accident in the sense of brute fact had to be acknowledged even by the tidiest and most dogmatic atomism of the last century. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil So that while atomism at a given level may not be a final or metaphysical truth, it will describe, on every level, the practical and efficacious structure of the world. The Life of Reason For it is clear, that if the ether is admitted to be a continuous material substance, Democritic atomism is at an end and Cartesian continuity takes its place. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century The abrupt demarcations which he everywhere imposes or discovers were the symptom of a primitive ingrained atomism of thought which all the synthetic strivings of a God-intoxicated intellect could not entirely overcome. Robert Browning Thus atomism, which is, perhaps, only an appearance containing even some contradictions, is yet a well-founded appearance, since it conforms to the laws of our minds; and this hypothesis is, in a way, necessary. The New Physics and Its Evolution That atomism must allow it to be accidental, in this sense, that the space surrounding any given atom was occupied by other atoms in a given manner. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil It appears to me that the root of the falsification of our parliamentary system by the party game is to be found in the falsification of our representative system by the principle of political atomism. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government The new conception is seductive from a certain standpoint: for some time the tendency has been toward atomism. A Librarian's Open Shelf Gratefully recognizing the suggestions from both sides, Leibnitz called Cartesianism the antechamber of the true philosophy, and atomism the preparation for the theory of monads. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time On the other hand, he would have found in the bursting forth of these new doctrines one more proof in support of his idea that science is indissolubly bound to atomism. The New Physics and Its Evolution This kind of temper is very dangerous among us, for it flatters all the worst instincts of men—indiscipline, irreverence, selfish individualism—and it ends in social atomism. Amiel's Journal These subversive consequences of his theory Hume did not conceal, though he did not push his mental 'atomism' to its logical extreme. Pragmatism We find in the writings of these Hindus materialism, atomism, pantheism, Pyrrhonism, idealism. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Thus in order to relieve itself from the self-dependence of the individual mind, monism allies itself with a spiritual atomism, the most extreme which can be conceived. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time Just as in the case of atomism, they seemed to prove the validity of the preconceived idea of the current. Man or Matter The modern state is founded on the philosophy of atomism. Amiel's Journal It was pretty much on the same lines that the older atomism sought, besides the operating "power," the material particle wherein it resides and out of which it operates—the atom. Beyond Good and Evil The conceptual atomism of common thought leads it to place movement in a lower order than rest, fact in a lower order than becoming. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson Taurellus's philosophy of nature, recognizing the relative truth of atomism, makes the world consist of manifold simple substances combined into formal unity: he calls it a well constructed system of wholes. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time Thus number appears as a fundamental category, as an absolute condition of intelligibility; some go so far as to regard atomism as a necessary method. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson The demand for rational unity constitutes in the bosom of atomism something like a murmur of deep underlying continuity: it expresses in the very language of atomism, atomism's basic irreality. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson |
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