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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 may be cancelled unless enrolments reach five. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Keith Hutchison |
Prerequisites | Usually admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in HPS, Fourth Year Honours in HPS or a postgraduate coursework program. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Subject Description | In this subject 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 various 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 pre-socratic philosophy and its predecessors; early notions of mathematical proof; Plato's hostility to empiricism; Aristotle's account of matter; and Euclid and the axiomatic method. Students who successfully complete this subject will be capable of displaying an improved understanding of the above issues. |
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