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Indlæser... The Ideals of Inquiry: An Ancient Historyaf G. E. R. Lloyd
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. http://bactra.org/weblog/algae-2017-09.html#lloyd ( ) This book is a short treatise about scientifically inclined thought in ancient Greece and China. Indian and Mesopotamian explorations are also discussed occasionally. The author has already written many books on this subject, but this might be the first one where his comparisons extend all the way to the political systems which were prevailing when research was conducted, and to the values which may have motivated ancient investigators. He argues that ancient sciences were idiosyncratic, and they should not be compared or judged based on modern science. Somewhat unnecessarily, he also emphasizes that modern science is a more multifaceted enterprise than many of us realize. This book is a bit too short for its topic. The number of pages devoted to each subtopic is very limited, just enough to arouse your curiosity and interest but not to investigate any question at depth. I would therefore recommend the author's earlier books before this one. He has produced a unique corpus on ancient societies, but this one is only a supplementary work, not the main course. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Long before science as we know it today existed, sophisticated studies of the external world were undertaken, notably in Mesopotamia, India, China, and Greece. G. E. R. Lloyd explores three interrelated issues concerning those investigations. This first issue is methods - how was it thoughtthat they should be pursued? The second is subject-matter - what was assumed about what there is to be investigated? The third issue is aims and value - what were such investigations thought to be good for? Thus how did an ideal of demonstration that would yield incontrovertible conclusions come toarise and what did it owe to the political institutions of the society in which it first developed, namely ancient Greece?Debate has been widely practised and not just in literate societies: Lloyd's second chapter draws up a taxonomy of ancient debates and discusses how the ideals of transparency and accountability were made explicit. Then how did ideas about the need to undertake systematic research come to beformulated and such research practised, and what obstacles did it face? Different equally valid assumptions have been made about what there is to be investigated, reflecting what is here called the multidimensionality of the phenomena, and different ancient investigators entertained different aimsfor their work, mirroring but sometimes going beyond the current values of their society. Taking stock of all this diversity, the final chapter spells out the implications for our understanding of the history of human reasoning in general, exploring its commonalities and where and why it hasmanifested and continues to manifest specificities across different populations. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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