Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Abbreviations and Brief References xv
5. 1. The Ionian Program 1
6. 2. Anaximander’s Principles 28
7. 3. Anaximenes’ Theory of Change 45
8. 4. The Generating Substance Theory as an Explanatory Hypothesis 85
9. 5. Heraclitus’s Criticism of Ionian Philosophy 113
10. 6. Parmenides’ Criticism of Ionian Philosophy 148
11. 7. Anaxagoras and Empedocles: Eleatic Pluralists 186
12. 8. The Elemental Substance Theory as an Explanatory Hypothesis 224
13. 9. The Atomist Reform 250
14. 10. Diogenes of Apollonia and Material Monism 277
15. 11. The Ionian Legacy 294
16. References 309
17. Index Locorum 327
18. General Index 337