Analogical Investigations: Historical and Cross-cultural Perspectives on Human Reasoning
Author:   G. E. R. Lloyd (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   144
Publication Date:   10 September 2015
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Author:   G. E. R. Lloyd (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
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ISBN:  

9781107107847


ISBN 10:   1107107849
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   10 September 2015
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. On the very possibility of mutual intelligibility; 2. The multiple valences of comparativism; 3. Analogies, images and models in ethics: some first-order and second-order observations on their use and evaluation in ancient Greece and China; 4. Analogies as heuristic; 5. Ontologies revisited; 6. Conclusions.

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'... a challenging book which constitutes an intellectually condensed and pleasurable read.' Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review


... a challenging book which constitutes an intellectually condensed and pleasurable read. Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review


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G. E. R. Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Cambridge, Former Master of Darwin College, Cambridge, and Senior Scholar in Residence at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge. He is the author of twenty-two books and editor of four, and was knighted for 'services to the history of thought' in 1997.

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