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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. This subject is also available for postgraduate coursework enrolments. This subject may be cancelled unless enrolments reach five. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Keith Hutchison |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | In this subject students encounter selected issues, deemed central to the history of science and philosophy in the ancient Greek (and Roman) world, at a moderately advanced level, via discussion of selected primary and secondary texts. Though the exact content of the subject varies from year to year, typical topics might be: the contrast between pre-socratic philosophy and its predecessors; early notions of mathematical proof; Plato's hostility to empiricism; Aristotle's account of matter; Euclid and the axiomatic method. Students should develop a familiarity with this important aspect of the history and philosophy of science. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words, and a 1-hour class test. |
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