The ideals of inquiry : an ancient history /

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 thought that they...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lloyd, G. E. R.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : O. U. P, 2014.
Subjects:
Inquiry (Theory of knowledge) > Cross-cultural studies.
Inquiry (Theory of knowledge) > History.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
Philosophy > history.
Cross-cultural studies.
History.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014934425-t.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014934425-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014934425-d.html
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Democracy and Demonstration
  • chapter 2. Gurus, Experts, Idiots, and the Modalities of Debate
  • chapter 3. Heuristics and Its Hazards
  • chapter 4. Ontologies and Values
  • chapter 5. Some Great Divide?.

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