Produktdetails
Titel: Apprehension and Argument
Autor/en: Miira Tuominen
ISBN: 1402050429
EAN: 9781402050428
Ancient Theories of Starting Points for Knowledge.
Auflage 2007.
HC runder Rücken kaschiert.
Sprache: Englisch.
Springer Netherlands
19. Februar 2007 - gebunden - 344 Seiten
Beschreibung
In order for there to be knowledge, there must be at least some primary elements which may be called starting points .
This book offers the first synoptic study of how the primary elements in knowledge structures were analysed in antiquity from Plato to late ancient commentaries, the main emphasis being on the Platonic-Aristotelian tradition. It argues that, in the Platonic-Aristotelian tradition, the question of starting points was treated from two distinct points of view: from the first perspective, as a question of how we acquire basic knowledge; and from the second perspective, as a question of the premises we may immediately accept in the line of argumentation. It was assumed that we acquire some general truths rather naturally and that these function as starting points for inquiry. In the Hellenistic period, an alternative approach was endorsed: the very possibility of knowledge became a central issue when sceptics began demanding that true claims should always be distinguishable from false ones.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements. Abbreviations and a Note on the Texts. Introduction.- The Topic, Scope, and Aim of this Book - The Structure of the Book - A Brief Survey of the Existing Literature.-
Part I: Platonic-Aristotelian Tradition .
1 . Premises of Argumentation.- 1.1 Plato.- Arguments as Socratic Discussions - The Method of Hypothesis - Collection and Division - Philosophical Cosmology.- 1.2 Aristotle.- 1.2.1 Aristotle's Inheritance from the Academy.- Dialectical Syllogisms - Induction - Conceptual Analysis.- 1.2.2 Science.- Being Better Known - Premises of Scientific Proofs - Proofs and Definitions - Do the Sciences Have Something in Common? - Remarks on Aristotle's Scientific Practice - Knowledge of the Premises.- 1.3 Later Developments.- 1.3.1 Some Developments in Platonism.- Galen - Alcinous - Plotinus.- 1.3.2 Greek Commentaries on Aristotle.- Alexander of Aphrodisias - Themistius - Philoponus - Simplicius.-
2 . Intellectual Apprehension.- 2.1 The Connection between the Two Contexts.- 2.2 Perception.- 2.2.1 Receptive Theories.- Causation through Medium.- 2.2.2 Projective Theories.- 2.2.3 Co-affection: Plotinus.- 2.2.4 Perceptual Realism and the Reliability of Perceptions.- Plato: Realism without Reliability? - Aristotle's Realism: Perceptibility as a Modalised Notion.- 2.3 From Perception to Intellection.- 2.3.1 Intelligible Forms.- Plato - Aristotle.- 2.3.2 Later Developments.- Galen, Alcinous, Plotinus - Alexander, Themistius, Philoponus.-
Part II: Alternative Approaches .-
3 . Hellenistic Philosophy.- 3.1 Is There a Starting Point for Knowledge?.- The Notion of a Criterion of Truth - Perceptions and Cognitive Impressions - Preconceptions - The Problem of Vagueness.- 3.2 Is There a Transition from the Evident to the Non-Evident?.- 3.2.1 Epicurus.- Witnessing and Counter-Witnessing - The Method of Elimination and the Method of Similarity.- 3.2.2 Stoics and Sextus.- Indemonstrable Argument Forms - Proofs - Arguments Involving a Non-Necessary Conditional - Rejection of Proof.- 3.3 What Is Left for the Sceptic?.- Pyrrhonean Scepticism and Non-Dogmatic Beliefs.- 3.4 What Does the Doctor Know? - Medical Empiricism as an Alternative Approach to Scientific Knowledge.- The Sorites Argument in Medicine - Empiricist Expertise.- Conclusion.-
Bibliography.- Index of Contents.- Index of Names.- Index of Cited Texts.
Pressestimmen
"[...] provides some extraordinary insights into classical philosophy, insights that may prove to be useful to scholars who are willing to put the effort into pursuing them. [...] a valuable book for scholars of argument and rhetoric who are motivated enough to cross disciplinary lines." (David Hoffman, CUNY Baruch College, in Argumentation and Advocacy 47:1, 2010)
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