Status of Karl Marx's Doctoral Dissertation in the History of Atomism and Philosophy of Science:Clarifying the Evolution of Conceptual System of Ancient Greek Atomism
To scientifically evaluate the value of Karl Marx's doctoral dissertation,it is necessary to clarify the conceptual logic of ancient Greek atomism and the evolution of atomism.Karl Marx had a profound grasp of the scientific hypothesis of ancient Greek atomism.From the perspective of scientific hypotheses,Karl Marx defended for Epicurus'controversial notion of atomic deflection movement and pointed out that the atom was not yet complete until there was description of atomic deflection.It was only after Epicurus proposed the atomic deflection movement to solve the collision between atoms that the atomism hypothesis became relatively complete.Meanwhile,Karl Marx found that Epicurus regarded both linear movement and deflection movement of atoms as the basic forms of atomic movement,which already indicated that they were not the basic forms of atomic movement.Only repulsive movement of many atoms colliding with each other is the fundamental form of atomic movement.Karl Marx eluci-dated Epicurus'contributions to the atomism,which provides a new perspective for further understanding the origin and development of modern chemical atomism.
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