Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections: Philosophical Perspectives on Greek and Chinese Science and Culture

Clarendon Press, 2004

Volume in copertina rigida editoriale, sovraccoperta mancante, xi-222 pagine. Indice consultabile nelle nostre immagini. Qualche segnetto d'attenzione o sottolineatura a matita leggera; nel complesso ottima copia -- Geoffrey Lloyd engages in a wide-ranging exploration of what we can learn from the study of ancient civilisations that is relevant to fundamental problems, both intellectual and moral, that we still face today. How far is it possible to arrive at an understanding of alien systems of belief? Is it possible to talk meaningfully of 'science' and of its various constituent disciplines, 'astronomy', 'geography', 'anatomy', and so on, in the ancient world? Are logic and its laws universal? Is there one ontology - a single world - to which all attempts at understanding must be considered to be directed? When we encounter apparently very different views of reality, how far can that be put down to a difference in conceptions of what needs explaining, or of what counts as an explanation, or to different preferred modes of reasoning or styles of inquiry? Do the notions of truth and belief represent reliable cross-cultural universals?

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• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Tipologia: Libro usato vintage
• Copertina: hardcover
• Anno edizione: 2004
• Pagine: 234 p.
• EAN: 2570252138175

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