Recent Trends in the Interpretation of Ancient Science

Edelstein, Ludwig; Cohen, Matt; Drabkin, I. E.

doi:10.2307/2707719

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“…Progress and decay of Greek and Roman science are judged by the standards of modern science.' 47 Whatever the merits of this criticism, which Farrington had invited upon himself by citing examples from modern times to support his contention that interaction between science and politics does take place, Farrington's interpretations of ancient science have failed to attract a significant following.…”

Section: Rational Debatementioning

confidence: 99%

Early Greek Cosmology: A Historiographical Review

Hetherington¹

1997

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Early Greek cosmology has attracted much attention from classicists, historians, philosophers, and scientists, with each group bringing to the subject its own interests and biases. Purportedly authoritative reconstructions and analyses of ancient Greek cosmology exist in abundance, even though no philosophical writings of the Presocratic period, circa 600 to 400 BC, have survived. The Greeks’ attempt to explain celestial phenomena in natural terms and to avoid supernatural or divine intervention is a common theme linking many otherwise disparate scholarly studies. A frequent point of dispute involves the degree to which ancient ideas are to be judged in the context of modern science.

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Section: Rational Debatementioning

confidence: 99%