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The Philosophical Foundations of The Kinematic Atomism of Ruder Josip Boscovich

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Sytnik-Czetwertyński J.
Forum Philosophicum
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2007
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vol. 12
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issue 1
139-155
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Ruder Josip Boscovich (1711–1787), a philosopher, mathematician, physicist and astronomer. The greatest of the forgotten—as Barrow says. The author of the Theory of Everything, based on the presumption that the whole substance of this world is reducible to simple, homogeneous, discontinuous and invariable physical points. These points being the centers of forces of repulsion and attraction. His system of kinematic atomism constitutes a crucial stage in the development of physics and philosophy. The physical points combine both material and psychological features, therefore among commentators the prevailing view is that they possess rather a quasi-material nature. The following presentation, however, emphasizes their psychological aspect, especially in the light of Boscovich's fairly original attempt to reduce mental states and physical facts to one, common definition. This reduction is based on the presumption that the rules which govern both kinds of substance (bodies and minds) can be reduced to the one (and only one) Rule of All Forces. Hence, this rule concerns everything in the Universe.
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Holism and Atomism in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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Bogucki K.
Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne
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2021
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vol. 55
25-48
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W artykule omawiam trzy koncepcje tego, czym jest holizm w Traktacie logiczno-filozoficznym Ludwiga Wittgensteina. Trzy stanowiska, które wyróżniam są następujące: i) Holizm Minimalistyczny (E. Anscombe, M. Black, D. Pears); ii) Holizm Umiarkowany (J. Conant, C. Diamond, G. Ryle); iii) Holizm Radykalny (G. Bar-Elli, M. Kremer, P. Livingston). Wnioskiem z mojej pracy jest stwierdzenie, iż Holizm Umiarkowany stanowi najbardziej adekwatną koncepcję holistycznych elementów w dziele Wittgensteina. Sądzę tak, ponieważ pogląd ten pozwala nam dostrzec, że holizm i atomizm stanowią dwa komplementarne aspekty Traktatu, trafnie odrzuca anachronistyczną interpretację ontologii dzieła Wittgensteina oraz poprawnie charakteryzuje użycie jako pojęcie o charakterze logiczno-syntaktycznym. W zakończeniu artykułu wskazuję konsekwencje podejmowanego przeze mnie tematu na całościową interpretację zarówno wczesnych, jak i późnych prac Wittgensteina.
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The aim of my paper is to describe and evaluate different conceptions of holism in Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I distinguish three readings of holistic elements in this work: i) Minimal Holism (E. Anscombe, M. Black, D. Pears); ii) Moderate Holism (J. Conant, C. Diamond, G. Ryle); and iii) Radical Holism (G. Bar-Elli, M. Kremer, P. Livingston). The conclusion is that the most viable option is the Moderate Holism since it embraces the logico-syntactial notion of use, rejects anachronistic interpretation of Tractatarian ontology and allows us to see that the holistic elements are complementary to the initial atomism of the work. Moreover, I point to the consequences of the topic for the overall reading of Wittgenstein’s early and late work.
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