Folklore And Zoology

Download or read book Science, Folklore and Ideology written by G. E. R. Lloyd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-07-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a set of central issues from ancient Greek medicine and biology, this book studies firstly, the interaction between scientific theorising and folklore or popular assumptions; secondly, the ideological character of scientific inquiry. Topics of interest in the philosphy and sociology of science illuminated here include the relationship between primitive thought and early science, the roles of the consensus on the scientific community, tradition and the authority of the written text, in the development of science.