James Allen

Inference from Signs

Ancient Debates about the Nature of Evidence

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Produktbeschreibung

Original and penetrating, this book investigates of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. It examines an important chapter in ancient epistemology: the debates about the nature of evidence and of the inferences based on it--or signs and sign-inferences as they were called in antiquity. As the first comprehensive treatment of this topic, it fills an important gap in the histories of science and philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780198250944
• ISBN-10: 0198250940
• Artikelnr.: 22274108

Autorenporträt

James Allen is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

* Study I: Aristotle on sign-inference and related forms of argument
* Study I Appendix A: The text of Rhetoric, II 25, 1403a6-10
* Study I Appendix B: Were there other developments in Aristotle's
rhetorical theory?
* Study II: Rationalism, Empiricism, and Scepticism: Sextus Empiricus'
treatment of sign-inference
* Study III; The Stoics on sign-inference and demonstration
* Study III Appendix: The evidence for a Dialectical origin of the
Stoic theory of signs
* Study IV: Epicurean sign-inference in Philodemus
* Conclusion