How might have democritus replied to theophrastus' objections concerning vision?
Apstrakt
In this paper, Democritus' account of vision is critically discussed taking into account primarily Theophrastus' De sensibus. I endeavor to demonstrate that Democritus used the other explanatory model of perception apart from the causal and materialistic. There is a testimony suggesting that Democritus employed the mathematical knowledge in order to elucidate some aspects of vision. Furthermore, the explanatory value of the wax analogy is discussed in detail. Despite Theophrastus' well thought out criticism, the author's intention is to demonstrate that Democritus created the sophisticated and advanced theory of vision, which can be successfully defended from Theophrastus' objections.
Ključne reči:
"Greek passage' conv_4856 2 Atoms conv_4856 3 Democritus' theory of vision conv_4856 4 Theophrastus' objections conv_4856 5 Wax analogyIzvor:
Journal of Philosophy ARHE, 2018, 14, 28, 143-156Izdavač:
- Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za filozofiju, Novi Sad
Institucija/grupa
Filozofija / PhilosophyTY - JOUR AU - Deretić, Irina PY - 2018 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2629 AB - In this paper, Democritus' account of vision is critically discussed taking into account primarily Theophrastus' De sensibus. I endeavor to demonstrate that Democritus used the other explanatory model of perception apart from the causal and materialistic. There is a testimony suggesting that Democritus employed the mathematical knowledge in order to elucidate some aspects of vision. Furthermore, the explanatory value of the wax analogy is discussed in detail. Despite Theophrastus' well thought out criticism, the author's intention is to demonstrate that Democritus created the sophisticated and advanced theory of vision, which can be successfully defended from Theophrastus' objections. PB - Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za filozofiju, Novi Sad T2 - Journal of Philosophy ARHE T1 - How might have democritus replied to theophrastus' objections concerning vision? EP - 156 IS - 28 SP - 143 VL - 14 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2629 ER -
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Deretić, I.. (2018). How might have democritus replied to theophrastus' objections concerning vision?. in Journal of Philosophy ARHE Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za filozofiju, Novi Sad., 14(28), 143-156. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2629
Deretić I. How might have democritus replied to theophrastus' objections concerning vision?. in Journal of Philosophy ARHE. 2018;14(28):143-156. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2629 .
Deretić, Irina, "How might have democritus replied to theophrastus' objections concerning vision?" in Journal of Philosophy ARHE, 14, no. 28 (2018):143-156, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2629 .