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66Barbarian Psyche in HeraclitusThe Monist 74 (4): 624-637. 1991.Heraclitus DK107 reads as follows: κακοὶ μάρτυρεσ ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοι και ὦτα βαρβάρουσ ψυχὰσ ἐχόντων. It is readily translated: “Eyes and ears are bad witnesses for those with barbarian psychai.”However, this fragment is not readily interpreted. The problem is that we do not know what the phrase “barbarian psychai” means; and as long as this phrase remains uninterpreted, the import of DK107 is unclear. I shall argue that no previous interpretation of the phrase “barbarian psychai” is satisfact…Read more
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26The Origins of Epistemology in Early Greek Thought: A Study of Psyche and Logos in HeraclitusEdwin Mellen Press. 1994.This study provides a unified framework within which to view the development of pre-Socratic thought. It points out three aspects of Xenophanes' scepticism, and shows how Heraclitus responded to each. Key issues concerning psyche and logos are summarized and an attempt is made to settle certain long-standing debates concerning them.
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On the Origins of Epistemology: A Study of 'Psyche' and 'Logos' in HeraclitusDissertation, University of Minnesota. 1990.Many fragments show that Heraclitus was interested in epistemological issues. However, scholars have been reluctant to attribute a theory of knowledge to Heraclitus, presumably because to do so would be anachronistic. This study shows that Heraclitus did, in fact, have a theory of knowledge, by describing Heraclitus' epistemology, and by showing that it was a response to skepticism. Early skepticism had claimed that "seeming" obscures the nature of things--but Heraclitus claimed to know the natu…Read more
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