Tell about Ancient Greece Science ?

In order to build their mathematical knowledge they came to conclusions by reasoning deductively from what appeared to be self-evident.

This approach proved to be powerful and its success in mathematics encouraged its application in many other disciplines.

The Greeks eventually came to believe that the only acceptable way of obtaining knowledge was the use of deduction.

ARISTOTELIAN LOGIC

Aristotle was the first philosopher who developed a systematic study of logic.

His framework would become an authority in deductive reasoning for over two thousand years.

Although he repeatedly admitted the importance of induction, he prioritized the use of deduction to build knowledge.

The doctrine of syllogism is his most influential contribution to logic.

He defined the syllogism as a “discourse in which certain things having been stated, something else follows of necesity from their being so”.

A well known example is:

LEGACY
Aristotle’s contribution in logic and science became an authority and remained unchallenged as late as the modern age.

It took many centuries to notice the flaws of Aristotle’s approach to science.

Platonic influence also contributed to undervalue inference and experimentation:

Plato’s philosophy considered the world to be only an imperfect representation of the ideal truth sitting in the world of ideas.

By discovering mathematical theorems, the Greeks came across the art of deductive reasoning.

In order to build their mathematical knowledge they came to conclusions by reasoning deductively from what appeared to be self-evident.

This approach proved to be powerful and its success in mathematics encouraged its application in many other disciplines.

The Greeks eventually came to believe that the only acceptable way of obtaining knowledge was the use of deduction.

Deduction did not work for some kind of knowledge.

“What is the distance from Athens to Chios?”

In this case, the answer cannot be derived from abstract principles; we have to actually measure it.

The Greeks, when necessary, looked at nature to get the answers they were looking for, but they still considered that the highest type of knowledge was the one derived directly from the intellect. It is interesting to note that when observations were taken in consideration,

it tended to be subordinated to the theoretical knowledge.

An example of this could be one of the surviving works of Archimedes,

The Method, which explains how mechanical experiments can help the understanding of geometry.