Epicureanism and Scientific Debates. Antiquity and Late Reception

<p><b>New perspectives on Epicureanism in the <br>fields of language medicine and meteorology</b></p><p> Epicureanism is not only a defence of pleasure: it is also a philosophy of science and knowledge. This edited collection explores new pathways for the study of Epicurean scientific thought a hitherto still understudied domain and engages systematically and critically with existing theories. It shows that the philosophy of Epicurus and his heirs from antiquity to the classical age founded a rigorous and coherent conception of knowledge. This first part of a two-volume set examines more specifically the contribution of Epicureanism in the fields of language medicine and meteorology (i.e. celestial geological and atmospheric phenomena).</p><p>Offering a renewed image of Epicureanism the book includes studies on the nature of human language and on the linguistic aspects of scientific discourse; on the relationship between Epicureanism and ancient medicine from Hippocrates to Galen; on meteorological phenomena and the method of explaining them; and on the reception of Epicurus's legacy in Gassendi. <i> </i></p><p>This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).<i></i></p>