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81A Relative ImprovementPhronesis 59 (3): 246-271. 2014.The Mode of Relativity in Agrippa’s Five Modes does not fit with the other four modes, and disrupts an otherwise elegant system. We argue that it is not the familiar argument from epistemic relativism, but a formal condition on the structure of justifications: the principle that epistemic grounding relations cannot be reflexive. This understanding of Agrippan Relativity leads to a better understanding of the Modes of Hypothesis and Reciprocity, a clearer outline of the structure of Agrippa’s sys…Read more
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10Stoic Philosophy of ReligionIn Graham Oppy & Nick Trakakis (eds.), Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2, Routledge. pp. 3--105. 2009.A survey of Stoic views on religion, with an emphasis on their proofs of the existence and nature of Zeus.
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11Review. Aristotle: On the Heavens I and II. S LeggattThe Classical Review 47 (2): 282-284. 1997.
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133Epicurus on sex, marriage, and childrenClassical Philology 91 346-52. 1996.Epicurus strongly discouraged sex, marriage, and the rearing of children. This paper looks at some of the primary evidence for these claims, clears up a translation of one passage, and emends another passage. (The emendation has been accepted into Dorandi's new edition of Diogenes Laertius).
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2Simplicius: on Epictetus' Handbook 1-26 (edited book)Duckworth & Cornell. 2002.Originally published by Duckworth in 2002.
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7Arius, Stobaeus And The ScholiastClassical Quarterly 64 (1): 270-279. 2014.In this article I argue for a change to the text of Stobaeus’ doxography of Stoic ethics. I propose we emend it by reference to a parallel text in the Scholia in Lucianum. In order to make that argument, I offer a new assessment of the value of the scholiast's report of Stoic doxography – a report that, at least in virtue of its length ought to be better known to scholars of Stoicism than it currently is
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7Stoic Souls in Stoic CorpsesIn Dorothea Frede & Burkhard Reis (eds.), Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy, De Gruyter. pp. 389-408. 2009.
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180Fate and Free Will in Stoicism: A Discussion of Susanne Bobzien, Determinism and Freedom in Stoic PhilosophyIn David Sedley (ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Oxford University Press. pp. 259-286. 2000.
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36Criterion and Appearance in Sextus Empiricus: the Scope of Sceptical Doubt, the Status of Sceptical BeliefBulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 39 151-169. 1994.
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107Plato and the Divided Self (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2012.Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse - and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational' part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each shapes our agency and how they are affect…Read more
Princeton University
PhD, 1993
Ithaca, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
History of Western Philosophy |