Coming to terms : approaches to (ancient) terminologies / edited by Markus Asper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Asper, Markus, Editor.

Series:

Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ; v. 14.

Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures, 2194-976X ; volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science, Ancient--Terminology.

Science, Ancient.

Aristoteles.

Terminologie.

antike Wissenschaft.

Local Subjects:

Aristoteles.

Terminologie.

antike Wissenschaft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 304 pages)

Place of Publication:

De Gruyter

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Terminologies present various challenges to their inventors and to their users, ranging from epistemic adequacy over linguistic concerns to matters of strategy and group construction. With respect to historical terminologies, however, research has been dominated by linguistic approaches. Breaking new ground, Coming to Terms collects eleven articles that combine an interest in the history of knowledge, mostly ancient Greek, with research on scientific terminologies. They all share an interest in terminological practices, that is, questions such as how and when to coin a term and then what to do with it. Among the fields discussed are astronomy, the Roman surveyors, Aristotelian science, Renaissance and modern biology, contemporary medicine, ancient Chinese philosophy, 20th-century physics, and colonial linguistics. Confronting ancient with modern terminologies, the collection intends to test integrative interpretive approaches. Thus, the collection documents how rich ancient (and modern) terminologies are and shows that they are, beyond lexicography, worth being studied per se.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Introduction

The Language of Astronomy

Terminology in the Wild: Enactive Meaning-Making in the Roman Surveyors

Rich Names: Implications of Terminology in Ancient Greek Rhetoric, Medicine, and Siege Lore

The Problem of Biological Terminology in Aristotle's De generatione animalium (On Generation of Animals)

Coming to Terms with Aristotle: Technical Terminology in the Poetics and Beyond

Form, Terminology, and Clarity in Aristotle

Scientific Nomenclature of Species and Naming Practices in (Ancient) Biology

The Rise of Botanical Terminology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Terminology and Professionalism in Technologized Medicine

Everyday Language and Technical Terminology: Reflective Abstractions in the Long-Term History of Spatial Terms

Epikhartika: About Language on Maps with Special Reference to Colonial Matters

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Coming to terms.

ISBN:

9783111314785