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Hylomorphic Explanation and the Scientific Status of the De AnimaIn Caleb Cohoe (ed.), Aristotle's on the Soul: A Critical Guide, Cambridge University Press. pp. 14-31. 2022.I examine the status of Aristotle’s science of soul and argue that it is trans-generic in the way that Aristotle's universal mathematics is. For just as the branches of the latter differ considerably, so too do the sciences of life: botany, zoology, psychology, and (in Aristotle’s view) astronomy and theology. Discovering the correct definition of soul, which is their starting point or first principle, as with other scientific starting points, involves both induction and dialectic. Induction use…Read more
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Aristotelian ImmortalityIn Pierre Destrée & Marco Antônio Zingano (eds.), Theoria: Studies on the Status and Meaning of Contemplation in Aristotle's Ethics, Peeters Press. 2014.
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6Appetites, Akrasia, and the Appetitive Part of the Soul in Plato’s RepublicIn David Keyt & Christopher Shields (eds.), Principles and Praxis in Ancient Greek Philosophy: Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy in Honor of Fred D. Miller, Jr, Springer Verlag. pp. 115-133. 2024.In his much-explored argument for the tripartition of the soul in book IV of the Republic, Socrates makes use of two principles, which I shall call the principle of opposition and the principle of qualification. The aim of the present paper is to explain, in particular, the second of these principles, so as to reveal its role in that argument and in the conception of an appetite and of the appetitive part that is central to the larger argument of the Republic as a whole. Section 1 briefly introd…Read more
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16Aristotle's Chemistry: On Coming to Be and Passing Away Meteorology 1.1–3, 4.1–12Hackett Publishing Company. 2023.This new translation of _On Coming to Be and Passing Away _and_ Meteorology 1 and 4_ fits seamlessly with the other volumes in the New Hackett Aristotle Series, enabling Anglophone readers to study these works in a way previously not possible. The Introduction describes the book that lies ahead, explaining what it is about, what it is trying to do, how it goes about doing it, and what sort of audience it presupposes. Sequentially numbered, cross-referenced endnotes provide the information most n…Read more
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37Aristotle on practical wisdom: Nicomachean ethics VIHarvard University Press. 2013.Aristotle on Practical Wisdom is the first full-scale commentary on Nicomachean Ethics VI to be issued in a century, and the most illuminating ever. A meticulous translation with facing-page analysis enables readers to engage directly with Aristotle's account, while the lucid introduction locates it in the context of his—and later—ethical thought.
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12Aristotle: a quick immersionTibidabo Publishing. 2019.This book shows you what it is like to think along with Aristotle and helps you to see the universe and our place in it as he thought they had to be seen to be scientifically intelligible. As a portrait is composed of colors and shapes that collectively represent someone, so Aristotles works are composed of arguments that collectively represent the causal structure of the universe, from the stones, plants, and animals around us to the starry heavens above and the god beyond them. The aim of this…Read more
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19Plato on Eros and FriendshipIn Hugh H. Benson (ed.), A Companion to Plato, Blackwell. 2006.This chapter contains sections titled: Socrates and the Art of Love Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia Loving Socrates Love and the Ascent to the Beautiful The Art and Psychology of Love Explained Writing about Love.
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4The Socratic MovementIn Randall Curren (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Education, Blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains sections titled: Education in Classical Athens Socrates (470/69–399 bce) Plato (428–347/8 bce) Aristotle (384–322 bce) Conclusion.
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10The Naturalness of the Polis in AristotleIn Georgios Anagnostopoulos (ed.), A Companion to Aristotle, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Natural Beings The Polis as a Natural Phenomenon Correct and Deviant Constitutions The Naturalness of the Best Constitution Bibliography.
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110 Plato on Begetting in Beauty (209e5–212c3)In Christoph Horn (ed.), Platon: Symposion, Akademie Verlag. pp. 159-189. 2012.
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44Review of Richard Sorabji: Animal minds and human morals: the origins of the Western debate (review)Ethics 106 (1): 217-218. 1995.
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55Review of Nancy Sherman: The Fabric of Character: Aristotle's Theory of Virtue (review)Ethics 100 (4): 894-895. 1990.
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62Hupolêpsis, Doxa, and Epistêmê in AristotleAncient Philosophy Today 3 (2): 172-199. 2021.In Aristotle's views on cognition a series of terms – hupolêpsis, doxa, and epistêmê – play key roles. But it has not been noticed that each of these comes in two kinds – one unqualified and the other qualified. When these and their interrelations are properly explored, a deeply systematic picture of cognition emerges, in which doxa is best understood as ‘belief’, hupolêpsis as ‘supposition’, and epistêmê as a sort of belief, so that – contrary to orthodoxy – we can have belief and knowledge of …Read more
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10Gregory Vlastos, Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher , ISBN 0 521 307333 hardback £35/$57-50; ISBN 0 521 31450X paperback £11-95/S16-95 (review)Polis 11 (1): 72-82. 1992.
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12Practices of Reason: Aristotle's Nicomachean EthicsOxford University Press. 1992.This book provides an exploration of the epistemological, metaphysical, and psychological foundations of the Nicomachean Ethics. Rejecting current orthodoxy, this book argues that scientific-knowledge (episteme) is possible in ethics, that dialectic and understanding (nous) play essentially the same role in ethics as in an Aristotelian science, and that the distinctive role of practical wisdom (phronēsis) is to use the knowledge of universals provided by science, dialectic, and understanding so …Read more
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42Socrates on Trial T. C. Brickhouse and N. D, Smith (Review)Philosophical Review 101 (3): 626. 1992.
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3The role of experts in policyIn Nico Stehr & Reiner Grundmann (eds.), Knowledge: critical concepts, Routledge. pp. 4--122. 2005.
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