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The Epistemology of the Cyrenaic School.
This book reconstructs the Cyrenaic theory of knowledge, explains how it depends on Cyrenaic hedonism, locates it in the context of ancient debates, and discusses its connections with modern and contemporary views on knowledge.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1 Knowledge and the good life: the ethical motivation of the Cyrenaic views on knowledge; CHAPTER 2 The nature of the pathe; CHAPTER 3 The vocabulary of the pathe; CHAPTER 4 The apprehension of the pathe; CHAPTER 5 The criticism of Aristocles of Messene; CHAPTER 6 The causes of the pathe: objects in the world; CHAPTER 7 Our ignorance of other minds; CHAPTER 8 Some remarks on language; CHAPTER 9 Cyrenaic subjectivism and the Epicurean doctrine that all perceptions are true: Plutarch.
- CHAPTER 10 Cyrenaic epistemology and Protagorean relativism: some considerationsCHAPTER 11 The Socratic connection; APPENDIX Sources and testimonies; 1 COLOTES AND PLUTARCH; 2 PHILODEMUS ; 3 THE ANONYMOUS THEAETETUS COMMENTATOR; 4 CICERO; 5 ARISTOCLES; 6 SEXTUS EMPIRICUS; 7 DIOGENES LAERTIUS; 8 EUSEBIUS; 9 ST AUGUSTINE; References; Index of names; Index locorum; Subject index.