Expanding Horizons in the History of Science

G. E. R. Lloyd

doi:10.1017/9781009029285

This book challenges the common assumption that the predominant focus of the history of science should be the achievements of Western scientists since the so-called Scientific Revolution. The conceptual frameworks within which the members of earlier societies and of modern indigenous groups worked admittedly pose severe problems for our understanding. But rather than dismiss them on the grounds that they are incommensurable with our own and to that extent unintelligible, we should see them as offering opportunities for us to revise many of our own preconceptions. We should accept that the realities to be accounted for are multi-dimensional and that all such accounts are to some extent value-laden. In the process insights from current anthropology and the study of ancient Greece and China especially are brought to bear to suggest how the remit of the history of science can be expanded to achieve a cross-cultural perspective on the problems.

‘This text is aimed at academic historians of science interested in the intercultural complexities of the field, demonstrating how investigating approaches and results from studies of nature in past cultural contexts (using the tools of contemporary disciplines) can enrich current and future research in the history of science … Recommended.’

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Expanding Horizons in the History of Science
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Expanding Horizons in the History of Science - Title page
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The Comparative Approach
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Copyright page
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Contents
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Figures
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 - On Aspects of the Status Quaestionis
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Chapter 2 - Translatability, Intelligibility, Revisability
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Chapter 3 - Demystifying the Greek Miracle
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Chapter 4 - The Question of Causal Factors
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Chapter 5 - The Criteria of Theories, Simplicity for Instance
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Chapter 5a - Supplementary Note on Greek Astronomical Models
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Chapter 6 - Definitions and the Problems of Foreclosure
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Chapter 7 - The Challenge of ‘Mythology’
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Chapter 8 - Elements, Processes, Substances, Stuff
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Chapter 9 - Health and Disease, Illness and Well-Being
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Chapter 10 - Mind, Body, Heart, Brain, Soul, Spirit
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Conclusions
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Bibliography
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Contents

Expanding Horizons in the History of Science
pp i-ii

Expanding Horizons in the History of Science - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Figures
pp vi-vi

Additional material
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-7

Chapter 1 - On Aspects of the Status Quaestionis
pp 8-22

Chapter 2 - Translatability, Intelligibility, Revisability
pp 23-31

Chapter 3 - Demystifying the Greek Miracle
pp 32-43

Chapter 4 - The Question of Causal Factors
pp 44-56

Chapter 5 - The Criteria of Theories, Simplicity for Instance
pp 57-70

Chapter 5a - Supplementary Note on Greek Astronomical Models
pp 71-74

Chapter 6 - Definitions and the Problems of Foreclosure
pp 75-85

Chapter 7 - The Challenge of ‘Mythology’
pp 86-94

Chapter 8 - Elements, Processes, Substances, Stuff
pp 95-105

Chapter 9 - Health and Disease, Illness and Well-Being
pp 106-114

Chapter 10 - Mind, Body, Heart, Brain, Soul, Spirit
pp 115-128

Conclusions
pp 129-134

Bibliography
pp 135-147

Index
pp 148-156

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