Inference from Signs: Ancient Debates about the Nature of Evidence

Abstract

Study I: Aristotle on sign-inference and related forms of argument Study I Appendix A: The text of Rhetoric, II 25, 1403a6-10 Study I Appendix B: Were there other developments in Aristotle's rhetorical theory? Study II: Rationalism, Empiricism, and Scepticism: Sextus Empiricus' treatment of sign-inference Study III The Stoics on sign-inference and demonstration Study III Appendix: The evidence for a Dialectical origin of the Stoic theory of signs Study IV: Epicurean sign-inference in Philodemus Conclusion