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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The philosophy of knowledge, a history ; v. I
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Philosophy of knowledge, a history ; v. I.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; General Editor's Preface; Ancient Epistemology: Introduction; 1. Wisdom and skill; 2. Knowledge; 3. Epistemology of power and process; 4. Aristotle and understanding; 5. Epistemology in service of an ethical goal; 6. The last ancient epistemologies; Notes; References; 1 'Sophia' and 'Episteme' in the Archaic and Classical Periods; 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-philosophical uses of 'sophie'; 3. Pre-philosophical uses of 'episteme'; 4. Philosophical uses of 'sophie/a' in the fifth century |
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5. Philosophical uses of 'episteme' to Aristotle6. Philosophical uses of 'sophia' in the fourth century; Notes; References; 2 Presocratic Epistemology; 1. Introduction; 2. Divine and human knowledge; 3. Human knowledge in Ionia; 4. Transcendent knowledge in Elea; 5. Neo-Ionian models of knowledge; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; 3 Epistemology in the Sophists; 1. The Sophists and their activities; 2. Truth as the power of speech; 3. Human wisdom against divine authority; 4. Gorgias' challenge to philosophy; 5. Protagoras' 'Man-Measure thesis' |
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6. Later interpretations of the Man-Measure thesisNotes; References; 4 Socratic Epistemology; 1. Introduction; 2. The Socratic professions of ignorance and knowledge; 3. Socratic agnoiology, part I: risk and reward; 4. Socratic agnoiology, part II: aetiology and remediation; 5. The Socratic elenchos; 6. Elenchos and the rational remediation of ignorance; 7. Elenchos and the irrational sources of ignorance; 8. Summary and conclusion; Notes; References; 5 Epistemology in Plato's Middle Dialogues; 1. Introduction; 2. Meno's paradox and recollection; 3. Recollection in the Phaedo |
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4. Recollection as constitutive of recognition5. Recollection's purpose and results; 6. Other methods; 7. Knowledge, opinion, and ignorance; 8. The divided line and the method of hypothesis; 9. Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Plato's Later Epistemology; 1. Introduction; 2. Theaetetus; 3. Timaeus; 4. Philebus; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 Aristotle on Understanding and Practical Wisdom; 1. Introduction and background; 2. Could there be unqualified understanding of politics?; 3. Aristotle's identification of practical wisdom and political science; Notes; References |
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8 Aristotle: From Perception to Understanding1. Introduction; 2. Aristotle's cognitive landscape: episteme, gnosis, doxa, and hupolepsis; 3. Externalism and teleological naturalism; 4. Understanding and comprehension; Notes; References; 9 Epicurean Epistemology; 1. Introduction; 2. The Epicurean tradition and our sources on Epicurean epistemology; 3. Sensation as primary evidence; 4. Preconceptions: genesis and methodology; 5. Criticism and use of demonstrations; 6. Judgement and science; 7. Conclusion: epistemology and ethics; Notes; References; 10 Stoic Epistemology |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Knowledge, Theory of. |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
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epistemology. |
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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge. |
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History of Western philosophy. |
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Philosophy. |
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology. |
| Added Author |
Smith, Nicholas D., 1949- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Nicholas D. Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, ©2018 |
| ISBN |
9781474258289 (electronic book) |
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147425828X (electronic book) |
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9781474258890 |
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1474258891 |
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9781474258883 |
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1474258883 |
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9781474258272 |
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9781474258876 |
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