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52Induction and Experience In Metaphysics 1.1Review of Metaphysics 59 (3): 541-552. 2006.IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS 2.19 AND METAPHYSICS 1.1, Aristotle describes the natural process by which man acquires reason and the knowledge that belongs to reason. He says that from perception comes memory, from memory comes experience, and from experience comes reason and the knowledge that belongs to reason. This is the sequence in induction, and it is common to the description in both passages. In the Metaphysics, however, unlike in the Posterior Analytics, Aristotle goes on to explain how the ex…Read more
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32A Companion to Ancient Philosophy (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) (review)Ancient Philosophy 29 (1): 229-232. 2009.
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24Philo of Larissa (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 68 (3): 738-740. 2004.This book may well become the definitive work on Philo of Larissa. It is comprehensive, and the knowledge of the texts and their historical contexts is impressive. My only concern is with the philosophical exposition. Philo is an important figure in the history of epistemology, and it seems to me that his contribution should have been specified more clearly. This of course is a tall order. Ancient epistemology is a difficult subject, and my desire for a clearer exposition is more of a wish than …Read more
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18An Invalid Argument for ContextualismPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 68 (2): 344-345. 2004.Keith DeRose gives an invalid argument for contextualism in “Assertion, Knowledge, and Context.” In section 2.4, entitled “The Argument for Contextualism,” DeRose makes the following remarks. “The knowledge account of assertion provides a powerful argument for contextualism: If the standards for when one is in a position to warrantedly assert that P are the same as those that comprise a truth-condition for ‘I know P,’ then if the former vary with context, so do the latter. In short: The knowledg…Read more
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32Cleary, John J., and Gary M. Gurtler. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Volume XIII, 1997 (review)Review of Metaphysics 53 (3): 686-687. 2000.
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25Cleary, John J., ed. Traditions of Platonism: Essays in Honour of John Dillon (review)Review of Metaphysics 54 (3): 647-648. 2001.
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43Kahn, Charles H. Plato and the Socratic Dialogue: The Philosophical Use of a Literary Form (review)Review of Metaphysics 53 (1): 172-173. 1999.
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7This book offers a sympathetic explanation of the origin of the Theory of Forms that is true both to the dialogues and to Plato's place in history. The author's explanation makes the development of Plato's thought part of an intellectual and philosophical history that begins in the pre-Socratic period, extends through Socrates and the Sophists, and continues into the twentieth century. The explanation provides a unified reading of three passages that scholars have long recognized as keys to Plat…Read more
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38Against Weatherson on How to Frame a Decision Problem in advanceJournal of Philosophical Research. forthcoming.
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30Ierodiakonou, Katerina, ed. Topics in Stoic Philosophy (review)Review of Metaphysics 54 (2): 438-439. 2000.
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2847EpicureanismIn Tom Angier, Chad Meister & Charles Taliaferro (eds.), The History of Evil in Antiquity: 2000 Bce to 450 Ce, Routledge. 2016.
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32Bobzien, Susanne. Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy (review)Review of Metaphysics 53 (4): 919-920. 2000.
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20Ancient Greek philosophy: from the Presocratics to the Hellenistic philosophersWiley-Blackwell. 2011.Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philosophical traditions that developed in ancient Greece from 585 BC to 529 AD. Provides coverage of the Presocratics through the Hellenistic philosophers Moves beyond traditional textbooks that conclude with Aristotle A uniquely balanced organization of exposition, choice excerpts and commentary, informed by classroom feedback Contextual commentary trace…Read more
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51Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, Protagoras (review)Review of Metaphysics 52 (3): 659-660. 1999.Few recent events in the world of Platonic scholarship have caused more excitement than the publication of the initial volumes of R. E. Allen’s The Dialogues of Plato. Allen is on track to become the first scholar since Benjamin Jowett in the nineteenth century to produce a translation, with commentary, of all of Plato’s works. This feat is all the more impressive because Allen’s translations and comments thus far have been superb.
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38Beversluis, John. Cross-Examining Socrates. A Defense of the Interlocutors in Platos Early Dialogues (review)Review of Metaphysics 54 (3): 644-645. 2001.
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105An invalid argument for contextualismPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 68 (2). 2004.Keith DeRose gives an invalid argument for contextualism in “Assertion, Knowledge, and Context.” In section 2.4, entitled “The Argument for Contextualism,” DeRose makes the following remarks. “The knowledge account of assertion provides a powerful argument for contextualism: If the standards for when one is in a position to warrantedly assert that P are the same as those that comprise a truth-condition for ‘I know P,’ then if the former vary with context, so do the latter. In short: The knowledg…Read more
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129On Feldman's theory of happinessUtilitas 21 (3): 393-400. 2009.Fred Feldman conceives of happiness in terms of the aggregation of attitudinal pleasure and displeasure, but he distinguishes intrinsic from extrinsic attitudinal pleasure and displeasure and excludes extrinsic attitudinal pleasure and displeasure from the aggregation that constitutes happiness. I argue that Feldman has not provided a strong reason for this exclusion
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395In Defense of an Unpopular Interpretation of Ancient SkepticismHistory of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 8. 2005.There is a set of texts in the history of ancient skepticism that have not been widely understood. Michael Frede has done much to set these texts in their proper context, but his work has not gotten the appreciation it deserves. Historians have tended to think that ancient skepticism in the Clitomachian-Pyrrhonian tradition is the suspension of belief on all matters and that Frede’s attempt to show otherwise is confused. This may turn out to be correct, but Frede’s interpretation, as I think it …Read more
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Arizona State UniversityPhilosophy - School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious StudiesAssociate Professor
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