Atomism in Philosophy: A History from Antiquity to the Present

The nature of matter and the idea of indivisible parts has fascinated philosophers, historians, scientists and physicists from antiquity to the present day. This collection covers the richness of its history, starting with how the Ancient Greeks came to assume the existence of atoms and concluding with contemporary metaphysical debates about structure, time and reality.

Focusing on important moments in the history of human thought when the debate about atomism was particularly flourishing ...