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

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Allen, James V.
Format: Livre
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : Clarendon Press, c2001.
Sujets:
Table des matières:
  • Study I. Aristotle on sign-inference and related forms of argument
  • Study I Appendix A: The text of Rhetoric, II 25, 1403a6-10
  • Study I Appendix B: Were there other developments in Aristotle's rhetorical theory?
  • Study II. Rationalism, Empiricism, and Scepticism: Sextus Empiricus' treatment of sign-inference
  • Study III. The Stoics on sign-inference and demonstration
  • Study III Appendix: The evidence for a Dialectical origin of the Stoic theory of signs
  • Study IV. Epicurean sign-inference in Philodemus
  • Conclusion.