"Explaining the Cosmos" is a major reinterpretation of Greek
scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific
tradition of philosophy, Daniel Graham argues that Presocratic
philosophy is not a mere patchwork of different schools and styles
of thought. Rather, there is a discernible and unified Ionian
tradition that dominates Presocratic debates. Graham rejects the
common interpretation of the early Ionians as "material monists"
and also the view of the later Ionians as desperately trying to
save scientific philosophy from Parmenides' criticisms.
In Graham's view, Parmenides plays a constructive role in
shaping the scientific debates of the fifth century BC.
Accordingly, the history of Presocratic philosophy can be seen not
as a series of dialectical failures, but rather as a series of
theoretical advances that led to empirical discoveries. Indeed, the
Ionian tradition can be seen as the origin of the scientific
conception of the world that we still hold today.
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