자료유형 | 학위논문 |
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서명/저자사항 | Research and Experiment in Early Greek Thought. |
개인저자 | Mayo, Tyler. |
단체저자명 | University of Michigan. Classical Studies. |
발행사항 | [S.l.]: University of Michigan., 2019. |
발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019. |
형태사항 | 217 p. |
기본자료 저록 | Dissertations Abstracts International 81-04A. Dissertation Abstract International |
ISBN | 9781687927682 |
학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2019. |
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Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-04, Section: A.
Advisor: Schironi, Francesca. |
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요약 | It is almost universally believed that the Greeks practiced science several generations before Socrates. What this claim means in detail, however, is still widely debated. In this thesis, I propose to look at one particularly important facet of the modern scientific method-experimentation-and see whether and, if so, how early Greek thinkers used experimentation in their investigation into nature.Since there was no overarching idea of a "scientist" current in Greece during this time, I take several types of figures for whom we have textual evidence in turn: natural philosophers, doctors, musical theorists, and historiographers. Despite interpretive issues arising from pseudonymous and fragmentary texts, these authors all had an abiding interest in elucidating the workings of nature. And even though they exhibit differences in their approaches and objects of study, I argue that they all were open to the use of the senses in their investigations. In practice, this included the observation of purposefully contrived and controlled interventions, which is the core of the modern-day experiment, even if ancient tests did not bear the same relationship to theory as experiments do in our understanding of science. |
일반주제명 | Science history. Classical studies. |
언어 | 영어 |
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