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Inference from signs [[electronic resource] ] : ancient debates about the nature of evidence / / James Allen
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Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina: | 160 |
Soggetto topico: | Inference - History |
Evidence - History | |
Logic, Ancient | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references ([255]-264) and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Study I: Aristotle on Sign-inference and Related Forms of Argument; Study II: Rationalism, Empiricism, and Scepticism: Sextus Empiricus' Treatment of Sign-inference; Study III: The Stoics on Sign-inference and Demonstration; Study IV: Epicurean Sign-inference in Philodemus; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. Allen masters a broad range of ancient texts, discussing Aristotle, the Sceptics, the Stoics, and the Epicureans, to provide the first comprehensive treatment of his topic. - ;James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. Inference from Signs examines an important chapter in ancient episte |
Titolo autorizzato: | Inference from signs ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-383-01398-5 |
1-281-99877-X | |
9786611998776 | |
0-19-156834-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822428303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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