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Essays in Ancient Epistemology

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Focusing primarily on Plato, Aristotle, and the Pyrrhonian skeptics, Fine discusses the following questions, among others: does Socrates, in the Apology, claim to know that he knows nothing? How do Plato and Aristotle conceive of doxa and epistêmê? Are doxa and epistêmê belief and knowledge as we conceive of them nowadays? Do Plato and Aristotle allow us to have doxa of everything about which we can have epistêmê? How does Plato conceive of perception in the Phaedo and in Theaetetus 184-6? How should we understand his theory of recollection in the Phaedo? Do the Pyrrhonian skeptics disavow all beliefs? Do they have a conception of purely subjective experience? Do they take anything to be subjective? Are they external world skeptics? How do their views of subjectivity and skepticism compare with Descartes'? Taken as a whole, the essays explain why ancient epistemology is instructive and illuminating for us today.

Table of Contents:
1: Introduction Part I: Plato and [Plato] 2: Does Socrates Claim to Know that He Knows Nothing? 3: Knowledge and True Belief in the Meno 4: The 'Two Worlds' Theory in the Phaedo 5: Epistêmê and Doxa, Knowledge and Belief, in the Phaedo 6: Recollection and Innatism in the Phaedo 7: Plato on the Grades of Perception: Theaetetus 184-186 and the Phaedo 8: Meno's Paradox and the Sisyphus Part II: Aristotle 9: Aristotle on Knowledge 10: Aristotle's Two Worlds: Knowledge and Belief in Posterior Analytics 1.33 Part III: Sextus 11: Sceptical Dogmata: PH I 13 12: Descartes and Ancient Scepticism: Reheated Cabbage? 13: Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern 14: Sextus and External World Scepticism

About the Author :
Gail Fine received her BA from the University of Michigan in 1971, and her PhD from Harvard University in 1975. She also holds an MA from Oxford University (2009). She taught at Cornell University from 1975-2017; and was a Senior Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford from 2007-2019. She is now Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Cornell University, and Senior Research Fellow Emerita at Merton College. Since 2007, she has been a Visiting Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Oxford University.

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The book is provided with a detailed synoptic introduction, which is a useful guide to the content and understanding of F.'s intentions and allows readers to remain within the context prescribed by the author. It is helpful to start with a careful reading of the introduction for a clear understanding of F.'s main principles and concepts. The importance of these essays is already well established, and students and scholars will be grateful to have them collected in a single volume.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198746768
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 428
  • Spine Width: 29 mm
  • Width: 161 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0198746768
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 2021
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 784 gr


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