TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,James V.
TI  - Inference from signs: ancient debates about the nature of evidence 
SN  - 9780191568343
AV  - BC199.I47 A45 2008eb
U1  - 160 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Inference
KW  - History
KW  - Evidence
KW  - Logic, Ancient
KW  - Semiotics
KW  - Inférence (Logique)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Évidence
KW  - Logique ancienne
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Logic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 2001; Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index; 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
N2  - 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
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