Inference from signs : ancient debates about the nature of evidence / James Allen.

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Allen, James V

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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (x, 279 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780191568343
0191568341
0199550492
9780199550494

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BC199.I47 A45 2008eb

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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.

Summary: 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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Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.

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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