Historiography of Science in Antiquity

30 Setembro 2019, 16:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

The history of science was born as the history of ancient science.

• The first works of history of science appeared in the 4th century BC. The case of Eudemus.

• The differences between the history of ancient science and the history of philosophy and the history of medicine.

• The role of Plato's Akademus and Aristotle's Lyceum in the development of the history of ancient science.

• Heurematography and the 'Greek Miracle'.

• The appropriation of Greek science by the Arabs in the 8th-10th centuries.

• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.