Science and Philosophy in Classical Greece

A dozen historians of ancient Greek philosophy, the various exact and life sciences, and medicine, focus on the fifth and fourth centuries BC to explore the definition of science and the demarcation of particular sciences, the interplay of theory and observation, and whether philosophical debates occasioned the changes that led to the emergence of new sciences. The essays derive from a 1986 conference (location not noted). No subject index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.