原子論
原子論(英語:Atomism,來自古希臘語atomos,含義為「不可分割」),是在一些古代傳統中發展出的一種自然哲學。原子論者將自然世界理論化為由兩基本部分所構成:不可分割的原子和空無的虛空(void)。
簡介
依據亞里士多德引述的原子論觀點,原子是不可構造的和永恆不變的,並且形狀和大小有無窮的變化。它們在空無(empty)中移動,相互碰離,有時變成與一個或多個其他原子相鈎結而形成聚簇(cluster)。不同形狀、排列和位置的聚簇引起世界上各種宏觀物質(substance)。[1][2]
德謨克利特和留基伯
德謨克利特和留基伯聲稱,真空或虛空(void or empty space)將原子分散開來,使其能夠自由運動。當原子運動時,它們可能會相互碰撞並形成新的排列方式,從而導致物質發生變化。兩位思想家認為這些永恆的原子數量是無限的,但可以組合成不同結構的數量是有限的。[3]這解釋了為什麼不同物質存在固定的量。例如,在我們死後,構成身體的原子並不會腐爛消失,而是分散並重新組合。德謨克利特和留基伯提出了完整且機械論性質的宇宙觀,並沒有依賴於神或眾神概念。他們還揭示了物質的基本屬性,這對於物理科學的發展尤其重要,在17世紀至20世紀之間徹底改變了科學界對於原子理論。[4][5][6]
溯源
對原子概念的記述可以上溯到古希臘和古印度。在西方,對原子的記述出現在公元前5世紀留基伯和德謨克利特的著作中[7]。有人將印度的耆那教[8][9]的原子論認定為開創者大雄在公元前6世紀提出,並將與其同時代六師外道的正命論和順世派先驅的元素思想也稱為原子論[10]。對於印度文化影響希臘還是反之,亦或二者獨立演化迄今仍存在爭議。[11]
在古印度哲學中,正理派和勝論派後來發展出了原子如何組合成更複雜物體的理論。[12]佛教中,在對應於元素論的四界學說基礎上,發展出了對應原子論的極微學說,後來進一步演繹出成規模體系的色聚理論。
註解
- ^ Aristotle, Metaphysics I, 4, 985b 10–15.
- ^ Berryman, Sylvia, "Ancient Atomism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2008/entries/atomism-ancient/ (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館)
- ^ Gomes, Gustavo Laet. The elementary role of the so-called differences in the atomism of Leucippus and Democritus. Prometheus - Journal of Philosophy. 2019-04-20, 11 (29). ISSN 2176-5960. doi:10.52052/issn.2176-5960.pro.v11i29.9101.
- ^ Godfrey, Raymond. Democritus and the Impossibility of Collision. Philosophy. 1990-04, 65 (252). ISSN 0031-8191. doi:10.1017/s0031819100064494.
- ^ Agostini, Cristina de Souza; Silveira, Isabel Porto da; Polla, Cauê Cardoso. Scientific Evolution of Philosophical Concepts of the Origins of Universe and Life. Revista Archai. 2021-12-10, (31). ISSN 1984-249X. doi:10.14195/1984-249x_31_16.
- ^ Bury, R. G. The Origin of Atomism. The Classical Review. 1916-02, 30 (1). ISSN 0009-840X. doi:10.1017/s0009840x0000946x.
- ^ The atomists, Leucippus and Democritus: fragments, a text and translation with a commentary by C.C.W. Taylor, University of Toronto Press Incorporated 1999, ISBN 0-8020-4390-9, pp. 157-158.
- ^ Gangopadhyaya, Mrinalkanti. Indian Atomism: History and Sources. Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press. 1981. ISBN 0-391-02177-X. OCLC 10916778.
- ^ Iannone, A. Pablo. Dictionary of World Philosophy. Routledge. 2001: 83,356 [2011-12-14]. ISBN 0415179955. OCLC 44541769. (原始內容存檔於2020-07-26).
- ^ Thomas McEvilley, The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies ISBN 1-58115-203-5, Allwarth Press, 2002, p. 317-321.
- ^ Teresi, Dick. Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science. Simon & Schuster. 2003: 213–214. ISBN 074324379X.
- ^ Richard King, Indian philosophy: an introduction to Hindu and Buddhist thought, , Edinburgh University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-7486-0954-7, pp. 105-107.
參考書目
- Clericuzio, Antonio. Elements, Principles, and Corpuscles; a study of atomism and chemistry in the seventeenth century. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
- Cornford, Francis MacDonald. Plato's Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato. New York: Liberal Arts Press, 1957.
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- Firth, Raymond. Religion: A Humanist Interpretation. Routledge, 1996. ISBN 0-415-12897-8.
- Gangopadhyaya, Mrinalkanti. Indian Atomism: history and sources. Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1981. ISBN 0-391-02177-X
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- Kargon, Robert Hugh. Atomism in England from Hariot to Newton. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966.
- Lloyd, G. E. R. Aristotle: The Growth and Structure of his Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. ISBN 0-521-09456-9
- Lloyd, G. E. R. Greek Science After Aristotle. New York: W. W. Norton, 1973. ISBN 0-393-00780-4
- Marmara, Michael E. "Causation in Islamic Thought." Dictionary of the History of Ideas. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973-74. online at the of Virginia Electronic Text Center(頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館).
- Redondi, Pietro. Galileo Heretic. Translated by Raymond Rosenthal. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987. ISBN 0-691-02426-X
- McEvilley, Thomas (2002). The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies. New York: Allworth Communications Inc. ISBN 1-58115-203-5.
參見
外部連結
- Dictionary of the History of Ideas: (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) Atomism: Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century
- Dictionary of the History of Ideas: (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) Atomism in the Seventeenth Century
- Jonathan Schaffer, "Is There a Fundamental Level?" Nous 37 (2003): 498-517.[1] Article by a philosopher who opposes atomism
- Article on traditional Greek atomism(頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館)
- Atomism from the 17th to the 20th Century (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy(頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館)