Is There a Concept of Experimental Error in Greek Astronomy?

British Journal for the History of Science 22 (2):129-150 (1989)
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Abstract

The attempt to narrow the general discourse of the problem of error and to focus it on the specific problem of experimental error may be approached from different directions. One possibility is to establish a focusing process from the standpoint of history; such an approach requires a careful scrutiny of the history of science with a view to identifying the juncture when the problem of experimental error was properly understood and accounted for. In a study of this kind one would have to examine the evolution of the method of experimentation and related topics so that clear criteria would underlie the analysis.

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Giora Hon
University of Haifa

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