Knowledge and virtue in early Stoicism: 10 (Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind) - Hardcover

Løkke, Håvard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9400721528 ISBN 13: 9789400721524

Verlag: Springer, 2015

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<P>THIS BOOK IS ABOUT THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL VIEWS AND ARGUMENTS OF THE EARLY STOICS. IT DISCUSSES SUCH QUESTIONS AS: HOW IS KNOWLEDGE POSSIBLE, AND WHAT IS IT? HOW DO WE PERCEIVE THINGS AND ACQUIRE NOTIONS OF THEM? SHOULD WE RELY ON ARGUMENTS? HOW DO WE COME TO MAKE SO MANY MISTAKES?</P><P>THE AUTHOR TRIES TO GIVE A COMPREHENSIVE AND CONSERVATIVE ACCOUNT OF STOIC EPISTEMOLOGY AS A WHOLE AS IT WAS DEVELOPED BY CHRYSIPPUS. HE EMPHASIZES HOW THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL VIEWS OF THE STOICS ARE INTERRELATED AMONG THEMSELVES AND WITH VIEWS FROM STOIC PHYSICS AND LOGIC.</P><P>THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STOIC VIEWS AND ARGUMENTS THAT WE WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT. BUT THERE ARE PASSAGES ON STOIC EPISTEMOLOGY IN SEXTUS EMPIRICUS, GALEN, PLUTARCH, CICERO, AND A FEW OTHERS AUTHORS. THE BOOK IS LIKE A BIG JIGSAW PUZZLE OF THESE SCATTERED PIECES OF EVIDENCE.</P>

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This book is about the epistemological views and arguments of the early Stoics. It discusses such questions as: How is knowledge possible, and what is it? How do we perceive things and acquire notions of them? Should we rely on arguments? How do we come to make so many mistakes?

The author tries to give a comprehensive and conservative account of Stoic epistemology as a whole as it was developed by Chrysippus. He emphasizes how the epistemological views of the Stoics are interrelated among themselves and with views from Stoic physics and logic.

There are a number of Stoic views and arguments that we will never know about. But there are passages on Stoic epistemology in Sextus Empiricus, Galen, Plutarch, Cicero, and a few others authors. The book is like a big jigsaw puzzle of these scattered pieces of evidence.

Biografía del autor:

Håvard Løkke is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Agder, Norway. He wrote his DPhil thesis in Oxford on Stoic epistemology, with Michael Frede as supervisor. He is currently writing a book on love.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9400721528
• ISBN 13: 9789400721524
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 164