Certainty, Doubt, Error: Comments on the Epistemological Foundations of Medieval Arabic Science (2002)
Gutas, Dimitri (Author)
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Volume: 7
Pages: 276--289
Comments on the epistemological foundations of medieval Arabic science. Motivations of individual scientists; Cultural attitude in medieval Islamic societies that was the result of the specific history of early Islam; Temporal and local specificity of scientific activity.
...MoreArticle Brentjes, Sonja; Van Dalen, Benno; Charette, François (2002) Introduction. Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (p. 173).
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