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Pasnau, R. (2007). Democritus and secondary qualities. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 89(2), 99–121.
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Resource type: Journal Article
Language: en: English
Peer reviewed
DOI: 10.1515/AGPH.2007.006
BibTeX citation key: Pasnau2007a
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Categories: General
Keywords: Definition of sound
Creators: Pasnau
Collection: Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie

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Abstract

"Democritus is generally understood to have anticipated the seventeenth century distinction between primary and secondary qualities. I argue that this is not the case, and that instead for Democritus all sensible qualities are conventional."