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Hearing, touch, and practical intelligence in Aristotle's philosophyIn Jill Gordon (ed.), Hearing, sound, and the auditory in ancient Greece, Indiana University Press. 2022.
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The political context for virtue : Aristotle's politicsIn Sean D. Kirkland & Eric Sanday (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Philosophy, Northwestern University Press. 2018.
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8Perception in Aristotle's ethicsNorthwestern University Press. 2018.Introduction -- The perceptual part of the soul -- Human perception -- The duality of the human soul -- Phronesis -- Conclusion.
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Hearing, touch, and practical intelligence in Aristotle's philosophyIn Jill Gordon (ed.), Hearing, sound, and the auditory in ancient Greece, Indiana University Press. 2022.
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19Aristotle on the Uses of Contemplation, by Matthew Walker (review)Ancient Philosophy 39 (2): 484-489. 2019.
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46Aristotle on the Intelligibility of PerceptionReview of Metaphysics 68 (4): 719-740. 2015.This article addresses the question of how, by Aristotle’s lights, we apprehend concrete individuals, the objects of incidental perception. The author argues (a) that the incidental perceptible is indeed perceived and not interpreted, and (b) that what is perceived incidentally is an object as it bears significance to the projects and aims of the perceiver, rather than what the object is in itself (as it is commonly taken to be). Finally, the author argues (c) that this new way of understanding …Read more
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78Rational and Non-rational Perception in Aristotle's De AnimaEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 19 (2): 297-309. 2015.The bulk of the account of perception that Aristotle offers in De Anima focuses on analyzing the operation of the five senses and the reception of their respective objects. On Aristotle’s own terms, this analysis is an incomplete account of perception, for it does not explain how perception operates in the life of an animal, with the aim of supporting a certain kind of life. This paper aims to supplement the account of the five senses by considering perception in the context of human life. I arg…Read more
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