Inference from Signs: Ancient Debates about the Nature of Evidence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198250944)

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.

Author: James Allen
ISBN-10: 0198250940
ISBN-13: 9780198250944
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2001
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d