Terminologies present various challenges to their inventors and to
their users, ranging from epistemic adequacy over linguistic
concerns to matters of strategy and group construction. With
respect to historical terminologies, however, research has been
dominated by linguistic approaches. Breaking new ground, Coming to
Terms collects eleven articles that combine an interest in the
history of knowledge, mostly ancient Greek, with research on
scientific terminologies. They all share an interest in
terminological practices, that is, questions such as how and when
to coin a term and then what to do with it. Among the fields
discussed are astronomy, the Roman surveyors, Aristotelian science,
Renaissance and modern biology, contemporary medicine, ancient
Chinese philosophy, 20th-century physics, and colonial linguistics.
Confronting ancient with modern terminologies, the collection
intends to test integrative interpretive approaches. Thus, the
collection documents how rich ancient (and modern) terminologies
are and shows that they are, beyond lexicography, worth being
studied per se.
General
| Imprint: |
De Gruyter
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Series: |
Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures |
| Release date: |
December 2023 |
| First published: |
2024 |
| Editors: |
Markus Asper
|
| Dimensions: |
240 x 170mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
330 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-11-129186-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
3-11-129186-3 |
| Barcode: |
9783111291864 |
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