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Inference from signs : ancient debates about the nature of evidence / James Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, James, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inference--History.
- Inference.
- Evidence--History.
- Evidence.
- Logic, Ancient.
- Semiotics--History.
- Semiotics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the theory of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-01398-5
- 1-281-99877-X
- 9786611998776
- 0-19-156834-1
- OCLC:
- 328138633
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