The experimental foundations of Galen's teleology

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 29 (1):63-80 (1998)
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Abstract

This article outlines in details specific experiments that Galen performed. It explores how his methodology for experimentation was a sophisticated response to the rationalist-empirist debate as it occurred in ancient medicine.

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