What did the Romans know? :: an inquiry into science and worldmaking /
What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Lehoux makes clear in this contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient science. Lehoux contends that even though many of the Romans' views about the natural world have no place in modern science, their claims turn out not to...
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| Zusammenfassung: | What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Lehoux makes clear in this contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient science. Lehoux contends that even though many of the Romans' views about the natural world have no place in modern science, their claims turn out not to be so different from our own. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Lehoux, Daryn, 1968- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjF4gjFMBDBtRK6HqvKqV3 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006088184 What did the Romans know? : an inquiry into science and worldmaking / Daryn Lehoux. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012. 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rda Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection Includes bibliographical references and index. The web of knowledge -- A Roman world -- Knowing nature in the Roman context -- Overview -- Nature, gods, and governance -- Divinity and divination -- Roman virtues -- Nature and the legitimation of the republic -- A Ciceronian contradiction? -- Knowledge of nature and virtuous action -- Fabulae versus learned observation -- Conclusion -- Law in nature, nature in law -- Laws of nature -- Natural laws -- Human and divine governance -- Is a "law of nature" even possible in antiquity? -- Divinity, redux -- Conclusion -- Epistemology and judicial rhetoric -- Theory-ladenness and observation -- Observations as models -- Observational selectivity -- Examination of witnesses -- The natural authority of morals -- Declamation and certainty -- The embeddedness of seeing -- Doubts about vision -- Mechanisms of seeing in antiquity -- The eyes as organs -- Not every black box is a camera obscura -- Epistemologies of seeing -- The centrality of experience -- The trouble with taxa -- Knowledge claims and context-dependence -- Unproblematic facticity -- Problems with experience -- The lab section of the chapter -- The question of worlds -- Epilogue -- The long reach of ontology -- Kinds of justification for prediction -- Predictability and determinism -- Physical solutions to determinism -- The cascading effect -- Dreams of a final theory -- Explaining the cosmos -- Orbs, souls, laws -- Numbers in nature -- Harmony and empiricism -- Conclusion -- Of miracles and mistaken theories -- History as a problem for realism -- Quantum magnum pi? -- Can we avoid the problems history poses? -- First strategy: we have something they didn't -- Second strategy: the curate's egg -- Other ways out -- Worlds given, worlds made -- What's in a world? -- Kuhn's world -- What good is relativism? -- Coherence -- Truth and meaning -- Realism, coherence, and history. Print version record. What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Lehoux makes clear in this contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient science. Lehoux contends that even though many of the Romans' views about the natural world have no place in modern science, their claims turn out not to be so different from our own. Unlimited Users and Download Restrictions may Apply, VLEbooks Unlimited User Licence. Available using University of Exeter Username and Password. GB-UKExU Access restricted to Kwantlen Polytechnic University students, faculty and staff. Science, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118612 Science History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118570 Sciences anciennes. Sciences Histoire. SOCIAL SCIENCE Archaeology. bisacsh Science fast Science, Ancient fast History fast has work: What did the Romans know? (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFVPQD46GfBTwR8xPKMmq3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Lehoux, Daryn, 1968- What did the Romans know? Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012 9780226471143 (DLC) 2011029349 (OCoLC)743755841 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=439858 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Lehoux, Daryn, 1968- What did the Romans know? : an inquiry into science and worldmaking / The web of knowledge -- A Roman world -- Knowing nature in the Roman context -- Overview -- Nature, gods, and governance -- Divinity and divination -- Roman virtues -- Nature and the legitimation of the republic -- A Ciceronian contradiction? -- Knowledge of nature and virtuous action -- Fabulae versus learned observation -- Conclusion -- Law in nature, nature in law -- Laws of nature -- Natural laws -- Human and divine governance -- Is a "law of nature" even possible in antiquity? -- Divinity, redux -- Conclusion -- Epistemology and judicial rhetoric -- Theory-ladenness and observation -- Observations as models -- Observational selectivity -- Examination of witnesses -- The natural authority of morals -- Declamation and certainty -- The embeddedness of seeing -- Doubts about vision -- Mechanisms of seeing in antiquity -- The eyes as organs -- Not every black box is a camera obscura -- Epistemologies of seeing -- The centrality of experience -- The trouble with taxa -- Knowledge claims and context-dependence -- Unproblematic facticity -- Problems with experience -- The lab section of the chapter -- The question of worlds -- Epilogue -- The long reach of ontology -- Kinds of justification for prediction -- Predictability and determinism -- Physical solutions to determinism -- The cascading effect -- Dreams of a final theory -- Explaining the cosmos -- Orbs, souls, laws -- Numbers in nature -- Harmony and empiricism -- Conclusion -- Of miracles and mistaken theories -- History as a problem for realism -- Quantum magnum pi? -- Can we avoid the problems history poses? -- First strategy: we have something they didn't -- Second strategy: the curate's egg -- Other ways out -- Worlds given, worlds made -- What's in a world? -- Kuhn's world -- What good is relativism? -- Coherence -- Truth and meaning -- Realism, coherence, and history. Science, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118612 Science History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118570 Sciences anciennes. Sciences Histoire. SOCIAL SCIENCE Archaeology. bisacsh Science fast Science, Ancient fast |
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