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141Aristotle’s “De Anima”: A Critical CommentaryCambridge University Press. 2007.Aristotle's De Anima is the first systematic philosophical account of the soul, which serves to explain the functioning of all mortal living things. In his commentary, Ronald Polansky argues that the work is far more structured and systematic than previously supposed. He contends that Aristotle seeks a comprehensive understanding of the soul and its faculties. By closely tracing the unfolding of the many-layered argumentation and the way Aristotle fits his inquiry meticulously within his scheme …Read more
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78Aristotle and Principlism in BioethicsDiametros 45 59-70. 2015.Principlism, a most prominent approach in bioethics, has been criticized for lacking an underlying moral theory. We propose that the four principles of principlism can be related to the four traditional cardinal virtues. These virtues appear prominently in Plato's Republic and in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. We show how this connection can be made. In this way principlism has its own compelling ethical basis
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37The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2014.Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the first and arguably most important treatise on ethics in Western philosophy. It remains to this day a compelling reflection on the best sort of human life and continues to inspire contemporary thought and debate. This Cambridge Companion includes twenty essays by leading scholars of Aristotle and ancient philosophy that cover the major issues of this text. The essays in this volume shed light on Aristotle's rigorous and challenging thinking on questions such …Read more
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298"Phronesis" on tour: Cultural adaptability of aristotelian ethical notionsKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 10 (4): 323-336. 2000.: How might bioethics take account of cultural diversity? Can practical wisdom of an Aristotelian sort be applied across cultures? After showing that practical wisdom involves both intellectual cleverness and moral virtue, it is argued that both these components have universality. Hence practical wisdom must be universal as well. Hellenic ethical thought neither depended on outdated theoretical notions nor limited itself to the Greek world, but was in fact developed with constant awareness of cu…Read more
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Foundationalism in Plato?In Tom Rockmore & Beth J. Singer (eds.), Antifoundationalism Old and New, Temple University Press. pp. 41--55. 1992.
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15Aristotle's Treatment of Ousia_ in _Metaphysics V, 8Southern Journal of Philosophy 21 (1): 57-66. 1983.
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64The Theaetetus provides Plato's fullest discussion of human knowledge and is a rich vehicle for reflection upon its topic. Polansky's commentary demonstrates that the dialogue in fact holds the complete Platonic account of knowledge -- an account which is as sophisticated as any offered by contemporary philosophers.
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15Commentary on GallopProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 4 (1): 291-302. 1988.
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64Descartes' 'provisional morality'Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 93 (3): 353-372. 2012.Discourse on Method part 3 offers une morale par provision, usually translated as ‘a provisional moral code’. Occasionally it has been questioned that this code is temporary and restricted to those engaged in pure inquiry. We argue that Descartes intends the moral code to be his final ethical position universally applicable. Since the moral code is ‘derived from’ the rules of method, it should have their permanence, holding for the time pure inquiry commences and when it completes the sciences. …Read more
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The Dominance of Polis for AristotleDiálogos. Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Puerto Rico 14 (33): 43. 1979.
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