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- Book Title
- What Did the Romans Know?
- ISBN-13
- 9780226471143
- Subject
- Ancient / Rome, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General, History
- ISBN
- 9780226471143
- Subject Area
- Philosophy, Science, History
- Publication Name
- What Did the Romans Know? : an Inquiry Into Science and Worldmaking
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 20 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226471144
ISBN-13
9780226471143
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110848121
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Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
What Did the Romans Know? : an Inquiry Into Science and Worldmaking
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Subject
Ancient / Rome, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General, History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2011-029349
Dewey Edition
23
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No mere catalogue of accomplishments, [Lehoux's] multifaceted book brilliantly rethinks both the Roman and our own approaches to the cosmos. . . . Between the coherent past world that the Romans made and the presumed timelessness of our scientific world, Lehoux leaves us not with an unbridgeable chasm but with his pragmatic realism, born at the confluence of ancient science, historical epistemology and the philosophy of science. First rate., What Did the Romans Know? is a brilliant achievement. Equally historical and philosophical, Lehoux's book is simultaneously sophisticated and accessible. Virtually every page presents provocative and well-grounded insights that reshape what we thought we knew about the Romans and their interconnected world of nature, law, and religion. It is required reading for historians and philosophers, classicists, and anyone interested in antiquity and the bases of human knowledge about the natural world., In this important, brilliant, and truly admirable book, Lehoux has laid the groundwork for a deeper and clearer understanding of Roman science, most of all that it was rich and significant. May he continue to help us enter still further into what the Romans really knew and ponder what that should mean, in turn, for us., "This is a fascinating analysis of how elite Romans thought about their place in nature. It will be a permanent contribution to our attempts to understand how literate civilizations at various times and places have thought about human relationships to other creatures, to things, and to the gods."-Ian Hacking, Collège de France, " What Did the Romans Know? is a brilliant achievement. Equally historical and philosophical, Lehoux's book is simultaneously sophisticated and accessible. Virtually every page presents provocative and well-grounded insights that reshape what we thought we knew about the Romans and their interconnected world of nature, law, and religion. It is required reading for historians and philosophers, classicists, and anyone interested in antiquity and the bases of human knowledge about the natural world."-Lawrence M. Principe, Johns Hopkins University, Elegant. . . . Lehoux's persuasive narrative . . . is not only a work of classical scholarship: it is also a significant contribution to the philosophy of science., [C]omprehensive and thoughtful. . . . With a sound understanding of Roman natural philosophy and a touch of humor, Lehoux's work investigates ideas fundamental to the history and philosophy of science., [A]n unprecedented and fascinating description of the mental experience of educated inhabitants of the Roman Empire looking at the natural world., [A]n innovative and commendable exercise at the intersection of ancient history and the philosophy of science., "No mere catalogue of accomplishments, [Lehoux's] multifaceted book brilliantly rethinks both the Roman and our own approaches to the cosmos. . . . Between the coherent past world that the Romans made and the presumed timelessness of our scientific world, Lehoux leaves us not with an unbridgeable chasm but with his pragmatic realism, born at the confluence of ancient science, historical epistemology and the philosophy of science. First rate." , "At the intersection of classics, history, and philosophy of science, this is a very original book that explores Roman ways of knowing the world and shows how, despite seeming irrational or completely alien to us today, those views of nature did make perfect sense. Engagingly written, replete with insights and flashes of humor, and addressing current debates in several disciplines, What Did the Romans Know? will finally put to rest the idea that 'Roman science' is a contradiction in terms."-Serafina Cuomo, Birkbeck, University of London , This is a fascinating analysis of how elite Romans thought about their place in nature. It will be a permanent contribution to our attempts to understand how literate civilizations at various times and places have thought about human relationships to other creatures, to things, and to the gods., "At the intersection of classics, history, and philosophy of science, this is a very original book that explores Roman ways of knowing the world and shows how, despite seeming irrational or completely alien to us today, those views of nature did make perfect sense. Engagingly written, replete with insights and flashes of humor, and addressing current debates in several disciplines, What Did the Romans Know? will finally put to rest the idea that 'Roman science' is a contradiction in terms."Serafina Cuomo, Birkbeck, University of London, This epistemologically sophisticated interrogation of Roman 'scientific' activities represents an exciting opportunity for a new beginning in the dialogue between philosophy of science and the history of scientific practices in the ancient world., At the intersection of classics, history, and philosophy of science, this is a very original book that explores Roman ways of knowing the world and shows how, despite seeming irrational or completely alien to us today, those views of nature did make perfect sense. Engagingly written, replete with insights and flashes of humor, and addressing current debates in several disciplines, What Did the Romans Know? will finally put to rest the idea that 'Roman science' is a contradiction in terms., This is a thought-provoking book, and I think in its broad strokes it is successful; Lehoux demonstrates to my satisfaction both that all science is socially constructed to a degree and that we should take every society's science seriously, because they certainly did. . . . It certainly gave me a new and profound respect for the world of Roman science, and for those who practiced it.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
930.1
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments 1. The Web of Knowledge A Roman World A Roman World Knowing Nature in the Roman Context Overview 2. Nature, Gods, and Governance Divinity and Divination Roman Virtues Nature and the Legitimation of the Republic A Ciceronian Contradiction? Knowledge of Nature and Virtuous Action Fabulae versus Learned Observation Conclusion 3. Law in Nature, Nature in Law Laws of Nature Natural Laws Human and Divine Governance Is a "Law of Nature" Even Possible in Antiquity? Divinity, Redux Conclusion 4. Epistemology and Judicial Rhetoric Theory-Ladenness and Observation Observations as Models Observational Selectivity Examination of Witnesses The Natural Authority of Morals Declamation and Certainty 5. The Embeddedness of Seeing Doubts about Vision Mechanisms of Seeing in Antiquity The Eyes as Organs Not Every Black Box Is a Camera Obscura Epistemologies of Seeing The Centrality of Experience 6. The Trouble with Taxa Knowledge Claims and Context-Dependence Unproblematic Facticity Problems with Experience The Lab Section of the Chapter The Question of Worlds Epilogue 7. The Long Reach of Ontology Four Kinds of Justification for Prediction Predictability and Determinism Physical Solutions to Determinism The Cascading Effect 8. Dreams of a Final Theory Explaining the Cosmos Orbs, Souls, Laws Numbers in Nature Harmony and Empiricism Conclusion 9. Of Miracles and Mistaken Theories History as a Problem for Realism Quantum Magnum PI? Can We Avoid the Problems History Poses? First Strategy: We Have Something They Didn't Second Strategy: The Curate's Egg Other Ways Out 10. Worlds Given, Worlds Made What's in a World? Kuhn's World What Good Is Relativism? Coherence Truth and Meaning Realism, Coherence, and History 11. Conclusion Appendix: Lemma to the Mirror Problem Reference List Index
Synopsis
What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Daryn Lehoux makes clear in this fascinating and much-needed contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient science. Lehoux contends that even though many of the Romans' views about the natural world have no place in modern science--the umbrella-footed monsters and dog-headed people that roamed the earth and the stars that foretold human destinies--their claims turn out not to be so radically different from our own. Lehoux draws upon a wide range of sources from what is unquestionably the most prolific period of ancient science, from the first century BC to the second century AD. He begins with Cicero's theologico-philosophical trilogy On the Nature of the Gods , On Divination , and On Fate , illustrating how Cicero's engagement with nature is closely related to his concerns in politics, religion, and law. Lehoux then guides readers through highly technical works by Galen and Ptolemy, as well as the more philosophically oriented physics and cosmologies of Lucretius, Plutarch, and Seneca, all the while exploring the complex interrelationships between the objects of scientific inquiry and the norms, processes, and structures of that inquiry. This includes not only the tools and methods the Romans used to investigate nature, but also the Romans' cultural, intellectual, political, and religious perspectives. Lehoux concludes by sketching a methodology that uses the historical material he has carefully explained to directly engage the philosophical questions of incommensurability, realism, and relativism. By situating Roman arguments about the natural world in their larger philosophical, political, and rhetorical contexts, What Did the Romans Know? demonstrates that the Romans had sophisticated and novel approaches to nature, approaches that were empirically rigorous, philosophically rich, and epistemologically complex.
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Q124.95.L44 2012
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