Inference from Signs: Ancient Debates about the Nature of Evidence

ISBN-13: 9780198250944 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 296 str.

James Allen

Opis

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.

Recenzje

This excellent book provides a number of new historical and exegetical takes on an important chapter in Hellenistic epistemology. Allen's ideas will be at the centre of future debates in the field. His arguments are not conclusive, and the reader may not find them all convincing, but such is the nature of Hellenistic epistemology.

O autorze

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