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Platon i kvantna fizika
Plato and Quantum Physics

Author(s): Mirko Aćimović
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Science, Ontology
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: phýsis; cosmos; elements; matter; space and time; motion; life; quantum physics;

Summary/Abstract: Philosophy of nature, as a theological system of knowledge on what φύσις is, was developed within Plato’s Timaeus. It starts with ontology that paves the way towards mathematical cosmology and cosmogony, then to physics and zoogony, anatomy and empirical psychology, noetics, or logic of mind, which is demonstrated trough the work of mind and necessity, from being and becoming, creating of cosmos, planets, matter and living beings, to rational soul that understands that the soul of the world makes cosmos a living being. Therefore, Timaeus and Parmenides were the actual philosophycal inspiration of the arguments on the origin and nature of elementary particles in modern theories of quantum physics.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 73-94
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian