Science and speculation : studies in Hellenistic theory and practice
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Science and speculation : studies in Hellenistic theory and practice
Cambridge University Press , Editions de la maison des sciences de l'homme, 2005
- : pbk
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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"This digitally printed first paperback version 2005"--T.p. verso
Based on papers presented at a conference on Hellenistic philosophy and science held in Paris at the Collège Franco-Britannique in the Cité universitaire from 2-10 Sept. 1980
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
The five hundred years from 300 B.C. to A.D. 200 were a period during which Greek science made spectacular advances and Greek philosophy underwent dramatic changes. How much did the scientists take note of the philosophical issues bearing on their pursuits? What progress did the philosophers make with methodological and theoretical issues arising out of developments in science? What influence did philosophical criticism or philosophical ideas have on specific theories in medicine or mechanics, mathematics or astronomy? These are some of the questions discussed in this series of papers by the distinguished scholars who took part in the Conference Hellenistique in Paris in 1980. The result is a broad-ranging and pioneering volume which will be of importance to scholars in the history and philosophy of science and to those whose interests lie in classical philosophy.
Table of Contents
- Preface Victor Goldschmidt
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction Jonathan Barnes
- Bibliographical notes
- Chronological table
- 1. The method of the so-called Methodical school of medicine Michael Frede
- 2. Medicine, experience and logic Jonathan Barnes
- 3. Geometry and scepticism Ian Mueller
- 4. Force et science des machines Francois De Gandt
- 5. Observational error in later Greek science G. E. R. Lloyd
- 6. Astrology: arguments pro and contra A. A. Long
- 7. The origins of non-deductive inference M. F. Burnyeat
- 8. On signs David Sedley
- 9. Confirmation et disconfirmation Jean-Paul Dumont
- 10. Le theorie epicurienne du troit Victor Goldschmidt
- Indexes.
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