Andrew Gregory is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College London, UK. He is the author of many books on the science and philosophy of the ancient world, including Anaximander (Bloomsbury, 2016), The Presocratics and the Supernatural (Bloomsbury, 2013) and Ancient Greek Cosmogony (Bloomsbury, 2008).

Andrew Gregory’s welcome new book offers a much-needed challenge to the idea that early Greek philosophers – the Presocratic atomists in particular – deployed mechanistic explanations of the physical or biological processes they observed or postulated.

• IntroductionCh. 1 – Methodological IssuesCh. 2 – Order in Homer and Hesiod Ch. 3 – Early Ideas on Knowledge and LearningCh. 4 – Anaximander and the Kubernan TraditionCh. 5 – New Explanations, New Philosophies of NatureCh. 6 – Anaximenes and the Kratein TraditionCh. 7 – Leucippus and DemocritusCh. 8 – The Hippocratic AuthorsCh. 9 - ConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex

Andrew Gregory is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College London, UK. He is the author of many books on the science and philosophy of the ancient world, including Anaximander (Bloomsbury, 2016), The Presocratics and the Supernatural (Bloomsbury, 2013) and Ancient Greek Cosmogony (Bloomsbury, 2008).

Andrew Gregory’s welcome new book offers a much-needed challenge to the idea that early Greek philosophers – the Presocratic atomists in particular – deployed mechanistic explanations of the physical or biological processes they observed or postulated.

• IntroductionCh. 1 – Methodological IssuesCh. 2 – Order in Homer and Hesiod Ch. 3 – Early Ideas on Knowledge and LearningCh. 4 – Anaximander and the Kubernan TraditionCh. 5 – New Explanations, New Philosophies of NatureCh. 6 – Anaximenes and the Kratein TraditionCh. 7 – Leucippus and DemocritusCh. 8 – The Hippocratic AuthorsCh. 9 - ConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex

Andrew Gregory is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College London, UK. He is the author of many books on the science and philosophy of the ancient world, including Anaximander (Bloomsbury, 2016), The Presocratics and the Supernatural (Bloomsbury, 2013) and Ancient Greek Cosmogony (Bloomsbury, 2008).

Andrew Gregory’s welcome new book offers a much-needed challenge to the idea that early Greek philosophers – the Presocratic atomists in particular – deployed mechanistic explanations of the physical or biological processes they observed or postulated.

• IntroductionCh. 1 – Methodological IssuesCh. 2 – Order in Homer and Hesiod Ch. 3 – Early Ideas on Knowledge and LearningCh. 4 – Anaximander and the Kubernan TraditionCh. 5 – New Explanations, New Philosophies of NatureCh. 6 – Anaximenes and the Kratein TraditionCh. 7 – Leucippus and DemocritusCh. 8 – The Hippocratic AuthorsCh. 9 - ConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex