Logic, Signs and Nature in the Renaissance The Case of Learned Medicine [Paperback]

The second in a sequence exploring the foundations of learning in the Renaissance, here focusing on medicine.This is the second in a sequence of major works by Ian Maclean exploring the foundations of learning in the Renaissance, described in the TLS as 'one of the outstanding achievements of Renaissance studies in our time'. Logic, Signs and Nature offers a profoundly learned, compelling and original account of the range of what was thinkable and knowable by learned medics of the period c1530-1630. This is a study of enormous significance both to the history of medicine, and to the history of European ideas in general.This is the second in a sequence of major works by Ian Maclean exploring the foundations of learning in the Renaissance, described in the TLS as 'one of the outstanding achievements of Renaissance studies in our time'. Logic, Signs and Nature offers a profoundly learned, compelling and original account of the range of what was thinkable and knowable by learned medics of the period c1530-1630. This is a study of enormous significance both to the history of medicine, and to the history of European ideas in general.This is a major work by Ian Maclean exploring the foundations of learning in the Renaissance. Logic, Signs and Nature offers a profoundly learned, compelling and original account of the range of what was thinkable and knowable by learned medics of the period c.1530-1630. This is a study of great significance to the history of medicine, as well as the history of European ideas in general.List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text and its modes of reference; Introduction; 1. Learned medicine 15001630; 2. The transmission of medical knowledge; 3. The discipline of medicine; 4. The arts course: grammar, logic and dialectics; 5. The arts course: signs, induction, mathematics, experientia; 6. Interpreting medical texts; 7. The content of medical thought; 8. The doctrine of signs; Postscript; Bibliography; Index of names and terms. .l39