Expanding horizons in the history of science : the comparative approach /
Lloyd, G. E. R.
Expanding horizons in the history of science : the comparative approach / G.E.R. Lloyd. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 - online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On aspects of the status quaestionis -- Translatability, intelligibility, revisability -- Demystifying the Greek miracle -- The question of causal factors -- The criteria of theories, simplicity for instance -- Supplementary note on Greek astronomical models -- Definitions and the problems of foreclosure -- The challenge of 'mythology' -- Elements, processes, substances, stuff -- Health and disease, illness and well-being -- Mind, body, heart, brain, soul, spirit.
9781009029285
SCIENCE, ANCIENT--HISTORIOGRAPHY
ETHNOSCIENCE
Q 124.95 / L56E 2022
Expanding horizons in the history of science : the comparative approach / G.E.R. Lloyd. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 - online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On aspects of the status quaestionis -- Translatability, intelligibility, revisability -- Demystifying the Greek miracle -- The question of causal factors -- The criteria of theories, simplicity for instance -- Supplementary note on Greek astronomical models -- Definitions and the problems of foreclosure -- The challenge of 'mythology' -- Elements, processes, substances, stuff -- Health and disease, illness and well-being -- Mind, body, heart, brain, soul, spirit.
9781009029285
SCIENCE, ANCIENT--HISTORIOGRAPHY
ETHNOSCIENCE
Q 124.95 / L56E 2022