STAROGRECKA FILOZOFIA PRZYRODY JAKO PODSTAWOWE ŹRÓDŁO WIEDZY O ŚWIECIE OŻYWIONYM NIEZBĘDNE DLA ROZWOJU NAUK PRZYRODNICZYCH
ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY AS A BASIC SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE LIVING WORLD, NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Summary/Abstract: Gaining some knowledge about the surrounding world was a complicated process that has begun practically since „humanization” of the Homo sapiens, which took place about 200,000 years ago. Ionian School philosophy or philosophical cosmology are the most frequently used names embedded in philosophical tradition referring to so-called „natural sciences”, and therefore focusing on nature. Origins of that philosophy go back to the ancient world, when it brought to human thought the possibility of using intellect. It concerned reflection on the place of man in the nature, and relationships between the humans and nature. Philosophical thought was important in shaping the protoscientific phase of the development of natural science. Contemporary representatives of various fields of knowledge within inductive sciences, such as biologists or physicists, are aware of the existence of philosophical issues in the natural sciences, which, in a way, gave grounds for their separation and further development.

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