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Oxford studies in ancient philosophy. Volume LXI, Winter 2021/

'Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy' provides, twice each year, a collection of the best current work in the field of ancient philosophy. Each volume features original essays that contribute to an understanding of a wide range of themes and problems in all periods of ancient Greek and Ro...

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Other Authors: Caston, Victor, 1963- (Editor), Kamtekar, Rachana, 1965- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophie ancienne.
Philosophy, Ancient
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
  • Copyright
  • Advisory Board
  • Contents
  • Plato's Knowledge Vocabulary and John Lyons's Structural Semantics
  • 1. The structural semantic method
  • 2. The interchangeability of epistēmē and technē
  • 3. Does epistasthai imply tēn technēn echein?
  • 4. Can epistēmē substitute for technē with no change in meaning?
  • 5. Linguistic meaning and philosophical meaning
  • 6. A suggested interpretation
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • The Phaedo's Final Argument and the Soul's Kinship with the Divine
  • 1. The kinship argument (78 B-80B)
  • 2. Cebes' objection (87 A-88B)
  • 3. The final argument's response to Cebes' objection
  • 4. The forms in us: 102 B-103C
  • 5. The bringers (103 C-105C)
  • 6. The soul as bringer of life and the final argument proper (105 C-107A)
  • 7. The soul and the divine as immortal
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Timaeus on Colour Mixture
  • 1. Colour, fire, and flame
  • 2. Chromatic affections
  • 3. Primary colours
  • 4. Brilliant
  • 5. Red
  • 6. Proportion, divine bonds, and the chromatic unknown
  • 7. Colour mixture
  • 8. Interpreting Timaean colour mixture
  • 9. The minimalist interpretation
  • 10. Against Democritus
  • Bibliography
  • Aristotle on Comparison
  • 1. Aristotle's (apparent) claim that comparison requires synonymy
  • 1.1. The Topics on homonymy and comparability
  • 1.2. Physics 7. 4 on synonymy and comparability
  • 1.3. Dichotomous and non-dichotomousdivisions of homonymy and synonymy
  • 1.4. Homonymy and non-synonymyare not the same
  • 1.5. Developmental and other approaches
  • 2. Comparison across ambiguity
  • 2.1. Introducing the pros hen legomena
  • 2.2. Comparison using the pros hen legomena
  • 2.3. Analogical comparisons?
  • 3. Broader implications: Aristotle's cosmological hierarchy
  • 3.1. Species specificity and non-synonymyof goodness.
  • 3.6. One-Sidedversus Two-Sidedsuspension of judgement
  • 4. The sceptic's response to the second horn of the dogmatist's dilemma (M 8. 472)
  • 4.1. The sceptic's argument
  • 4.2. Opposing an argument versus superseding an argument
  • 5. The dogmatist's objection and the sceptic's counterargument (M 8. 479-81)
  • 5.1. The content of the dogmatist's objection: Self-refutation or self-elimination?
  • 5.2. The sceptic's first response to the dogmatist's objection
  • 5.3. The sceptic's second response to the dogmatist's objection
  • 5.4. The target of the dogmatist's objection: AAP or S2?
  • 5.5. Two interpretations of the sceptic's counterargument
  • 5.6. The seriousness of the dogmatist's challenge
  • 5.7. The completeness of the sceptic's response
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • Notes for Contributors.