The Light of Nature Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science
This volume of essays is meant as a tribute to Alistair Crombie by some of those who have studied with him. The occasion of its publication is his seven tieth birthday - 4 November 1985. Its contents are a reflection - or so it is hoped - of his own inte
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ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES D'HISTOIRE DES IDEES INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
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THE LIGHT OF NATURE
Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science presented to A.C. Crombie Edited by 1.D. NORTH and 1.1. ROCHE
Directors: P. Dibon (Paris) and R. Popkin (Washington Univ., St. Louis) Editorial Board: J.F. Battail (Uppsala); F. Duchesneau (Montreal); T. Gregory (Rome); J .D. North (Groningen); M. J. Petry (Rotterdam); Ch. B. Schmitt (Warburg Inst., London). Advisory Editorial Board: J. Aubin (Paris); J. Collins (St. Louis Univ.); P. Costabel (Paris); A. Crombie (Oxford); H. de la Fontaine Verwey (Amsterdam); H. Gadamer (Heidelberg); H. Gouhier (Paris); K. Hanada (Hokkaido University); W. Kirsop (Melbourne); P.O. Kristeller (Columbia Univ.); Elisabeth Labrousse (Paris); A. Lossky (Los Angeles); J. Malarczyk (Lublin); E. de Olaso (C.I.F. Buenos Aires); J. Orcibal (Paris); Wolfgang ROd (Munchen); J. Roger (Paris); G. Rousseau (Los Angeles); H. Rowen (Rutgers uuiv., N.J.); J.P. Schobinger (Zurich); G. Sebba (Emory Univ., Atlanta); R. Shackleton (Oxford); J. Tans (Groningen).
THE LIGHT OF NATURE Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science presented to A.C. Crombie
Edited by
J.D. NORTH and J.J. ROCHE
1985
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................. .
PART ONE: MEDICINE AND THE LIFE SCIENCES 1. A.Z. Iskandar - Development of Medical Education among the
Arabic-speaking Peoples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
