Galen's Epistemology

Herausgeber: Hankinson, R J; Havrda, Matyás

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Galen's project of scientific medicine entails philosophical issues such as the relation between experience and reason, the criteria of truth, and the methods of inquiry and justification. This volume explores his contributions to (mainly scientific) epistemology as well as their legacy in the Islamic world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 333
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 149mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781009073806
• ISBN-10: 100907380X
• Artikelnr.: 69074391

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction R. J. Hankinson and Matyá Havrda; 1. 'Do I wake or sleep?'
Galen, scepticism, and dreams Jonathan Barnes; 2. Galen's empiricist
background: A study of the argument in On medical experience Inna Kupreeva;
3. Discovery, method, and justification: Galen and the determination of
therapy R. J.Hankinson; 4. From problems to demonstrations: Two case
studies of Galen's method Matyá Havrda; 5. Galen's notion of dialectic
Teun Tieleman; 6. The relationship between perceptual experience and Logos:
Galen's clinical perspective P. N. Singer; 7. Galen against Archigenes on
the pulse and what it teaches us about Galen's method of Diairesis Orly
Lewis; 8. On sense perception: Galen in dialogue with Plato and the stoics
Katerina Ierodiakonou; 9. Reason and experience in Galen's moral
epistemology David Kaufman; 10. The Arabic Alexandrians' summary of Galen's
On the therapeutic method Elvira Wakelnig; 11. What level of certainty can
medical sign-inference reach? A discussion of Galen's demonstrative method
in the Islamic world Pauline Koetschet.