Table of Contents

1. The man and his work R. J. Hankinson; 2. Galen and his contemporaries G. E. R. Lloyd; 3. Methodology Teun Tieleman; 4. Logic Ben Morison; 5. Language Ben Morison; 6. Epistemology R. J. Hankinson; 7. Psychology Pierluigi Donini; 8. Philosophy of Nature R. J. Hankinson; 9. Anatomy Julius Rocca; 10. Physiology Armelle Debru; 11. Therapeutics Philip van der Eijk; 12. Pharmacology Sabine Vogt; 13. Commentary Rebecca Flemming; 14. The fortunes of Galen Vivian Nutton.

Promotional Information

The most influential doctor of later antiquity, Galen wrote extensively on logic and the philosophy of science.

About the Author

R. J. Hankinson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is editor of Galen: On Antecedent Causes (1998, 2004) in the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series.

Reviews

'… essential reading for those in and out of the medical field.' SciTech Book News

'Hankinson has produced a very useful and informative volume, which, much in keeping with new appreciation of Galen described by Nutton, addresses the many facets of Galen: physician and medical researcher, to be sure, but also philosopher and man of letters.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

'This volume is among the most important, not to say useful, volumes that Cambridge University Press has produced. Galen is a myrtle.' Medical History