Magic, Reason and Experience Studies in the Origins and Development of Greek Science

Lloyd, Geoffrey Ernest Richard

ISBN 10: 1853996025 / ISBN 13: 9781853996023

Published by Duckworth, 1999

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Pap. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. This text is a study of the origins and development of Greek science, focusing especially on the interactions of scientific and traditional patterns of thought from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC. The starting point is an examination of how certain Greek authors deployed the category of 'magic' and attacked magical beliefs and practices. In the second chapter the book outlines the development and significance of the theory and practice of argument in early Greek science and follows this with a study of the development of empirical research. Finally the author asks why the Greeks invented science: what precisely their contribution was, and what social, economic, ideological and political factors had a bearing on the growth of science in Greece. Designed primarily for students of the history and philosophy of science and classicists, this book also embraces comparative material from anthropology, and from the study of ancient Near Eastern civilisation, and is therefore suitable for anthropologists too.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Magic, Reason and Experience Studies in the Origins and Development of Greek Science
• Publisher: Duckworth
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853996025
• ISBN 13: 9781853996023
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ancient, Science

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This text is a study of the origins and development of Greek science, focusing especially on the interactions of scientific and traditional patterns of thought from the 6th to the 4th centuries Bc. The starting point is an examination of how certain Greek authors deployed the category of 'magic' and attacked magical beliefs and practices. In the second chapter the book outlines the development and significance of the theory and practice of argument in early Greek science and follows this with a study of the development of empirical research. Finally the author asks why the Greeks invented science: what precisely their contribution was, and what social, economic, ideological and political factors had a bearing on the growth of science in Greece. Designed primarily for students of the history and philosophy of science and classicists, this book also embraces comparative material from anthropology, and from the study of ancient Near Eastern civilisation, and is therefore suitable for anthropologists too.