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How might have democritus replied to theophrastus' objections concerning vision?

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Deretić, Irina
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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.
Keywords:
"Greek passage' conv_4856 2 Atoms conv_4856 3 Democritus' theory of vision conv_4856 4 Theophrastus' objections conv_4856 5 Wax analogy
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Journal of Philosophy ARHE, 2018, 14, 28, 143-156
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  • Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za filozofiju, Novi Sad

ISSN: 1820-0958

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85048781800
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https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2629
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http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2629
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author = "Deretić, Irina",
year = "2018",
abstract = "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.",
publisher = "Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za filozofiju, Novi Sad",
journal = "Journal of Philosophy ARHE",
title = "How might have democritus replied to theophrastus' objections concerning vision?",
pages = "156-143",
number = "28",
volume = "14",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2629"
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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 .

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