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" Inference from signs : "
James Allen.
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BL
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971961
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b726331
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Allen, James V.
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Inference from signs : : ancient debates about the nature of evidence /\ James Allen.
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2008.
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1 online resource (x, 279 pages)
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0191568341
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: 0199550492
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: 9780191568343
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: 9780199550494
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9780198250944
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9780199550494
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Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 2001.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.
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Abbreviations; Introduction; Study I: Aristotle on Sign-inference and Related Forms of Argument; Study II: Rationalism, Empiricism, and Scepticism: Sextus Empiricus' Treatment of Sign-inference; Study III: The Stoics on Sign-inference and Demonstration; Study IV: Epicurean Sign-inference in Philodemus; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index.
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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.
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Evidence-- History.
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Inference-- History.
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Logic, Ancient.
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Semiotics-- History.
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Evidence.
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Inference.
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Logic, Ancient.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Logic.
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Semiotics.
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160
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BC199.I47A45 2008eb
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