Writing science before the Greeks : a naturalistic analysis of the Babylonian astronomical treatise MUL.APIN

by Rita Watson and Wayne Horowitz

The Babylonian astronomical series MUL.APIN represents the crowning achievement of traditional Mesopotamian astronomy. This volume presents a new analysis of MUL.APIN from the perspective of modern cognitive science and explores the role of writing in the evolution of scientific thought.

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[目次]

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 MUL.APIN
  • Chapter 2 Writing and Conceptual Change
  • Chapter 3 Terms of Analysis
  • Chapter 4 MUL.APIN Text and Analysis
  • Chapter 5 Summary of Results
  • Chapter 6 Discussion: MUL.APIN, Writing, and Science
  • Chapter 7 Further Thoughts: The Cognitive Functions of Writing in MUL.APIN
  • Chapter 8 A Final Word: From List to Axiom
  • Bibliographical References
  • Appendix I Complete translated text of MUL.APIN from Hunger & Pingree
  • Appendix II List of Babylonian Month-names, in Akkadian, with Hebrew equivalents and Modern equivalents
  • Appendix III Tablet and line correspondences with Hunger & Pingree

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書名 Writing science before the Greeks : a naturalistic analysis of the Babylonian astronomical treatise MUL.APIN
著作者等 Horowitz, Wayne
Watson Rita P M
Watson Rita
シリーズ名 Culture and history of the ancient Near East
出版元 Brill
刊行年月 2011
ページ数 xxvi, 222 p., [2] p. of plates
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 9789004202306
NCID BB0708850X
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言語 アッカド語
英語
出版国 オランダ
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