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Inference from signs : ancient debates about the nature of evidence / James Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, James, professor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inference--History.
- Inference.
- Evidence--History.
- Evidence.
- Logic, Ancient.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 279 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-264) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0198250940
- OCLC:
- 46649998
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