Tieleman T
Clio Med. 1995;28:487-95.
This paper examines the nature of Galen's argument in the De placitis Hippocratis et Platonis, books 2-3, concerned with the location of the psychic functions within the body. To this question Galen applies a coherent set of methodological principles, integrating Aristotelian dialectic and scientific demonstration based on anatomical experiments. Galen disagrees with Aristotle in that he relegates the endoxa from the realm of dialectic to that of rhetoric. His attitude is marked by a distinctive emphasis on perceptible phenomena as the starting point for scientific inquiry. This and other features can be traced back to the Hellenistic scientist Herophilus.
本文考察了盖伦在《希波克拉底与柏拉图的学说》第2 - 3卷中关于心理功能在体内位置的论证性质。针对这个问题，盖伦运用了一套连贯的方法论原则，将亚里士多德的辩证法与基于解剖实验的科学论证相结合。盖伦与亚里士多德的不同之处在于，他将普遍认可的意见从辩证法领域归入修辞学领域。他的态度以对可感知现象的独特强调为标志，将其作为科学探究的起点。这一特征以及其他特征可以追溯到希腊化时期的科学家希罗菲卢斯。
