Lloyd, G.E.R. The Revolutions of Wisdom. Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science. Berkeley and others, University of California Press, 1987. 22.9cm x 15.3cm. xii, 468 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Former library copy. Unusually clean for a library-copy. Stamp from University Mannheim on halftitle. Library number label on spine.

Includes for Example: The Displacements of Mythology/ Tradition and Innovation, Text and Context/ Dogmatism and Uncertainty/ Metaphor and the Language of Science/ Measurement and Mystification/ Idealisations and Elisions etc.

G.E.R. Lloyd’s wide-ranging and historical study of the development of Greek science is a valuable contribution to current debates in the philosophy of language, on the analysis of scientific revolutions, and the rationality of science.

• Keywords: History · History & Culture
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520067428
• Inventory Number: 41006AB

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