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050	0	0	_aQ124.95 _b.L59 2021
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100	1		_aLloyd, G. E. R. _q(Geoffrey Ernest Richard), _d1933- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aExpanding horizons in the history of science : _bthe comparative approach / _cG.E.R. Lloyd.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource (vi, 155 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Aug 2021).
505	0		_aOn aspects of the status quaestionis -- Translatability, intelligibility, revisability -- Demystifying the Greek miracle -- The question of causal factors -- The criteria of theories, simplicity for instance -- Supplementary note on Greek astronomical models -- Definitions and the problems of foreclosure -- The challenge of 'mythology' -- Elements, processes, substances, stuff -- Health and disease, illness and well-being -- Mind, body, heart, brain, soul, spirit.
520			_aThis book challenges the common assumption that the predominant focus of the history of science should be the achievements of Western scientists since the so-called Scientific Revolution. The conceptual frameworks within which the members of earlier societies and of modern indigenous groups worked admittedly pose severe problems for our understanding. But rather than dismiss them on the grounds that they are incommensurable with our own and to that extent unintelligible, we should see them as offering opportunities for us to revise many of our own preconceptions. We should accept that the realities to be accounted for are multi-dimensional and that all such accounts are to some extent value-laden. In the process insights from current anthropology and the study of ancient Greece and China especially are brought to bear to suggest how the remit of the history of science can be expanded to achieve a cross-cultural perspective on the problems.
650		0	_aScience, Ancient _vCross-cultural studies.
650		0	_aEthnoscience.
650		0	_aScience _xPhilosophy _xHistory.
650		0	_aScience _xMethodology _xHistory.
650		0	_aScience, Ancient _xHistoriography.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781316516249
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029285
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