Atomic Independence and Indivisibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23166445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | István Bodnár (0000-0003-4981-4198, corresponding author), István M Bodnár |
| Year | 1998 |
| Pages | 35-61 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198238157.003.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W3181519341 |
| ISBN | 9780198238157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Aristotle on several occasions voices a two-pronged principle of the atomists, that no plurality may emerge from real unity and no unity from what is real plurality. Understandably, the first injunction has been studied far more extensively than the second. The impossibility of the emergence of a plurality from what is really a unit is a constitutive feature of those indivisible bits of being which, precisely on this account, can be called atomic. In what follows I shall explore the two bans in conjunction. In order to do so, I shall first need some technical vocabulary. Alongside atomic indivisibility-the postulation that atoms cannot be fractured-I shall need to speak about atomic independence. This is the feature of the atoms whereby they do not get absorbed into larger chunks of matter, do not coalesce with one another.
Conjunction (astronomy) · Economics · Epistemology · Impossibility · Independence (probability theory) · Linguistics · Order (exchange) · Physics · Political science · Theoretical physics · Vocabulary · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Mathematics · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2020 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |