UNSW Handbook Course - Greek Science & Natural Philosophy: Roots of Western Thought

Greek Science & Natural Philosophy: Roots of Western Thought - HPSC2605


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History and Philosophy of Science
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

Examines the development of ancient Greek science and natural philosophy. Attention will be paid to primary texts and their cultural and institutional contexts. Issues will be drawn from the following: Milesian materialism, the Pythagoreans, Parmenides and Zeno, the atomists, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic natural philosophies, the mathematical sciences, astronomy, medicine, magic, astrology and the pseudo-sciences, and the decline and re-establishment of Greek science in the West.

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