These studies respond to the challenge posed twenty years ago by John E. Murdoch, in whose honor they have been assembled: to interpret ancient and medieval mathematical and scientific texts not just as isolated intellectual productions but as responses to particular settings or contexts.
Two broad settings are explored here: that of the wider intellectual culture, where relations among mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy - and also theology, logic and astrology - are shown to have shaped individual texts; and the context of lay society, where institutional structures, patronage, even personal relationships impinged upon scientific writing.
The volume reinforces the growing recognition that ancient and medieval scientific texts "made a difference" to their authors and audiences and must be understood in relation to topics like disciplinary identity, career advancement, lay interest, and practical applicability.
Publications by John E. Murdoch:
Edited by Christoph Lüthy, John E. Murdoch and William R. Newman, Late Medieval and Early Modern Corpuscular Matter Theories, ISBN: 978 90 04 11516 3
| ISBN: | 9789004108233 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 1997 |
| Author: | Edith Sylla, Michael R McVaugh |
| Publisher: | Brill |
| Format: | Leather / fine binding |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History |
| Genres: |
European history History of ideas |
These studies respond to the challenge posed twenty years ago by John E. Murdoch, in whose honor they have been assembled: to interpret ancient and medieval mathematical and scientific texts not just as isolated intellectual productions but as responses to particular settings or contexts.Two broad settings are explored here: that of the wider intellectual culture, where relations among mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy - and also theology, logic and astrology - are shown to have shaped individual texts; and the context of lay society, where institutional structures, patronage, even personal relationships impinged upon scientific writing.The volume reinforces the growing recognition that ancient and medieval scientific texts "made a difference" to their authors and audiences and must be understood in relation to topics like disciplinary identity, career advancement, lay interest, and practical applicability.Publications by John E.
Texts and Contexts in Ancient and Medieval Science features in the following genres: European history, History of ideas
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Texts and Contexts in Ancient and Medieval Science was written by Edith Sylla, Michael R McVaugh and published by Brill
Texts and Contexts in Ancient and Medieval Science has 336 pages
Yes it is part of Brill's Studies in Intellectual History series