Inference from signs : ancient debates about the nature of evidence /

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Author / Creator:Allen, James V.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (x, 279 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Inference -- History.
Evidence -- History.
Logic, Ancient.
Semiotics -- History.
PHILOSOPHY -- Logic.
Evidence.
Inference.
Logic, Ancient.
Semiotics.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11194489
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ISBN:9780191568343
0191568341
0199550492
9780199550494
9780199550494
9780198250944
Notes:Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.
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Summary:James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. Allen masters a broad range of ancient texts, discussing Aristotle, the Sceptics, the Stoics, and the Epicureans, to provide the first comprehensive treatment of his topic. - ;James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. Inference from Signs examines an important chapter in ancient episte.
Other form:Print version: Allen, James V. Inference from signs. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780199550494 0199550492