Scientific Method In Ptolemy S Harmonics
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Scientific Method In Ptolemy S Harmonics
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Author : Andrew Barker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000
Scientific Method In Ptolemy S Harmonics written by Andrew Barker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
The science called 'harmonics' was one of the major intellectual enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy's treatise seeks to invest it with new scientific rigour; its consistently sophisticated procedural self-awareness marks it as a key text in the history of science. This book is a sustained methodological exploration of Ptolemy's project. After an analysis of his explicit pronouncements on the science's aims and the methods appropriate to it, it examines Ptolemy's conduct of his investigation in detail, concluding that despite occasional uncertainties, the declared procedure is followed with remarkable fidelity. Ptolemy pursues tenaciously his novel objective of integrating closely the project's theoretical and empirical phases and shows astonishing mastery of the concept, the design and the conduct of controlled experimental tests. By opening up this neglected text to historians of science, the book aims to provide a point of departure for wider studies of Greek scientific method.
Porphyry S Commentary On Ptolemy S Harmonics
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-02-08
Porphyry S Commentary On Ptolemy S Harmonics written by and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-08 with Philosophy categories.
Porphyry's Commentary, the only surviving ancient commentary on a technical text, is not merely a study of Ptolemy's Harmonics. It includes virtually free-standing philosophical essays on epistemology, metaphysics, scientific methodology, aspects of the Aristotelian categories and the relations between Aristotle's views and Plato's, and a host of briefer comments on other matters of wide philosophical interest. For musicologists it is widely recognised as a treasury of quotations from earlier treatises, many of them otherwise unknown; but Porphyry's own reflections on musical concepts (for instance notes, intervals and their relation to ratios, quantitative and qualitative conceptions of pitch, the continuous and discontinuous forms of vocal movement, and so on) and his snapshots of contemporary music-making have been undeservedly neglected. This volume presents the first English translation and a revised Greek text of the Commentary, with an introduction and notes designed to assist readers in engaging with this important and intricate work.
Porphyry S Commentary On Ptolemy S Harmonics
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-15
Porphyry S Commentary On Ptolemy S Harmonics written by and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Philosophy categories.
Porphyry's Commentary, the only surviving ancient commentary on a technical text, is not merely a study of Ptolemy's Harmonics. It includes virtually free-standing philosophical essays on epistemology, metaphysics, scientific methodology, aspects of the Aristotelian categories and the relations between Aristotle's views and Plato's, and a host of briefer comments on other matters of wide philosophical interest. For musicologists it is widely recognised as a treasury of quotations from earlier treatises, many of them otherwise unknown; but Porphyry's own reflections on musical concepts (for instance notes, intervals and their relation to ratios, quantitative and qualitative conceptions of pitch, the continuous and discontinuous forms of vocal movement, and so on) and his snapshots of contemporary music-making have been undeservedly neglected. This volume presents the first English translation and a revised Greek text of the Commentary, with an introduction and notes designed to assist readers in engaging with this important and intricate work.
The Monochord In Ancient Greek Harmonic Science
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Author : David Creese
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-06-10
The Monochord In Ancient Greek Harmonic Science written by David Creese and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-10 with History categories.
Traces the history of the monochord from its earliest appearance to Claudius Ptolemy (mid-second century AD).
Ptolemy S Philosophy
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Author : Jacqueline Feke
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-13
Ptolemy S Philosophy written by Jacqueline Feke and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-13 with Mathematics categories.
A stimulating intellectual history of Ptolemy's philosophy and his conception of a world in which mathematics reigns supreme The Greco-Roman mathematician Claudius Ptolemy is one of the most significant figures in the history of science. He is remembered today for his astronomy, but his philosophy is almost entirely lost to history. This groundbreaking book is the first to reconstruct Ptolemy’s general philosophical system—including his metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics—and to explore its relationship to astronomy, harmonics, element theory, astrology, cosmology, psychology, and theology. In this stimulating intellectual history, Jacqueline Feke uncovers references to a complex and sophisticated philosophical agenda scattered among Ptolemy’s technical studies in the physical and mathematical sciences. She shows how he developed a philosophy that was radical and even subversive, appropriating ideas and turning them against the very philosophers from whom he drew influence. Feke reveals how Ptolemy’s unique system is at once a critique of prevailing philosophical trends and a conception of the world in which mathematics reigns supreme. A compelling work of scholarship, Ptolemy’s Philosophy demonstrates how Ptolemy situated mathematics at the very foundation of all philosophy—theoretical and practical—and advanced the mathematical way of life as the true path to human perfection.
Greek Musical Writings Volume 2 Harmonic And Acoustic Theory
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Author : Andrew Barker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1984
Greek Musical Writings Volume 2 Harmonic And Acoustic Theory written by Andrew Barker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Music categories.
Vol. 1: The musician an d his art ; vol. 2: Harmonic and acoustic theory
Studies In The History Of The Exact Sciences In Honour Of David Pingree
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Author : Jan P. Hogendijk
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2004-02-01
Studies In The History Of The Exact Sciences In Honour Of David Pingree written by Jan P. Hogendijk and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-01 with Philosophy categories.
This collection of essays reflects the wide range of David Pingree's expertise in the scientific texts (above all, concerning astronomy and astrology) of Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, India, Persia, and the medieval Arabic, Hebrew and Latin traditions. Both theoretical aspects and the practical applications of the exact sciences-in time keeping, prediction of the future, and the operation of magic-are dealt with. The book includes several critical editions and translations of hitherto unknown or understudied texts, and a particular emphasis is on the diffusion of scientific learning from one culture to another, and through time. Above all, the essays show the variety and sophistication of the exact sciences in non-Western societies in pre-modern times.
Early Music History Volume 27
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Author : Iain Fenlon
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-05-21
Early Music History Volume 27 written by Iain Fenlon and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-21 with Music categories.
The study of music from the early Middle Ages to end of the seventeenth century.
Mathematics And The Historian S Craft
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Author : Michael Kinyon
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-06-18
Mathematics And The Historian S Craft written by Michael Kinyon and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-18 with Mathematics categories.
The Kenneth May Lectures have never before been published in book form Important contributions to the history of mathematics by well-known historians of science Should appeal to a wide audience due to its subject area and accessibility
Greek Reflections On The Nature Of Music
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Author : Flora R. Levin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-27
Greek Reflections On The Nature Of Music written by Flora R. Levin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-27 with History categories.
In this book, Flora Levin explores how and why music was so important to the ancient Greeks. She examines the distinctions that they drew between the theory of music as an art ruled by number and the theory wherein number is held to be ruled by the art of music. These perspectives generated more expansive theories, particularly the idea that the cosmos is a mirror-image of music's structural elements and, conversely, that music by virtue of its cosmic elements - time, motion, and the continuum - is itself a mirror-image of the cosmos. These opposing perspectives gave rise to two opposing schools of thought, the Pythagorean and the Aristoxenian. Levin argues that the clash between these two schools could never be reconciled because the inherent conflict arises from two different worlds of mathematics. Her book shows how the Greeks' appreciation of the profundity of music's interconnections with philosophy, mathematics, and logic led to groundbreaking intellectual achievements that no civilization has ever matched.