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136-065 Science in the Classical World | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-417. Students who have completed 136-417 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Keith Hutchison |
Prerequisites | Entry to Honours see Honours entry |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | Selected issues, deemed central to the history of science and philosophy in the ancient Greek (and Roman) world, are studied at a moderately advanced level, via discussion of selected primary and secondary texts. Though the exact content of the unit is to vary from year to year, typical topics might be: the contrast between presocratic philosophy and its predecessors. Plato's hostility to empiricism. Aristotle's naturalism. Euclid and the axiomatic method. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words, and a 1-hour class test. |
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