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248Readings in ancient Greek philosophy: from Thales to Aristotle (edited book)Hackett Publishing Company. 2016.Soon after its publication, Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy was hailed as the favourite to become "the 'standard' text for survey courses in ancient philosophy. Over twenty years later that prediction has been borne out: Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy still stands as the leading anthology of its kind. It is now stronger than ever: This 5th Edition features a completely revised Aristotle unit, with new translations, as well as a newly revised glossary. The Plato unit offers new transla…Read more
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139New work on the presocraticsJournal of the History of Philosophy 49 (1): 1-37. 2011.The last twenty years have seen a remarkable increase in scholarly work on the Presocratics: new texts have appeared, new interpretations have been advanced, and a new appreciation for the scientific and philosophical claims of the early Greek thinkers is evident.1 There has been a general broadening of the questions that have been examined: scholars have been exploring the supposed boundaries of Presocratic thought, and new work on reception history and on the transmission of texts has enriched…Read more
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96Knowledge and Unity in HeraclitusThe Monist 74 (4): 531-549. 1991.In this paper I argue that the logos, the primary object of knowledge in Heraclitus’ epistemology, is a unity both as an object of knowledge and as an instance of being rather than becoming. Section I begins with discussions of knowledge and Heraclitus’ conception of logos; section II is concerned with knowledge and unity. The two later sections of the paper explore the consequences of the account I attribute to Heraclitus: section III considers being, unity, and change; and section IV discusses…Read more
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83The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2008.This handbook brings together leading international scholars to study the diverse figures, movements, and approaches that constitute Presocratic philosophy.
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82Anaxagoras and the theory of everythingIn Patricia Curd & Daniel W. Graham (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.Anaxagoras of Clazomenae proposed a theory of everything. Like other Presocratics, Anaxagoras addressed topics that could now be placed outside the sphere of philosophical inquiry: not only did he explore metaphysics and the nature of human understanding but he also offered explanations in physics, meteorology, astronomy, physiology, and biology. His aim seems to have been to explain as completely as possible the world in which human beings live, and one's knowledge of that world; thus he seeks …Read more
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52AnaxagorasStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2007.Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (a major Greek city of Ionian Asia Minor), a Greek philosopher of the 5th century B.C.E. (born ca. 500–480), was the first of the Presocratic philosophers to live in Athens. He propounded a physical theory of “everything-in-everything,” and claimed that nous (intellect or mind) was the motive cause of the cosmos. He was the first to give a correct explanation of eclipses, and was both famous and notorious for his scientific theories, including the claims that the sun is …Read more
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48A New Empedocles? Implications of the Strasburg Fragments for Presocratic PhilosophyProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 17 (1): 27-59. 2002.
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41Some Problems of Unity in the First Hypothesis of the ParmenidesSouthern Journal of Philosophy 27 (3): 347-359. 1989.
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40Parmenides142b5-144e7: The “unity is many” argumentsSouthern Journal of Philosophy 28 (1): 19-35. 1990.
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37The Presocratics (J.) Warren Presocratics. Pp. xvi + 224, map. Stocksfield: Acumen, 2007. Paper, £15.99 (Cased, £45). ISBN: 978-1-84465-092-7 (978-1-84465-091-0 hbk) (review)The Classical Review 59 (2): 374-. 2009.
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37Review of Aldo Brancacci, Pierre-Marie Morel (eds.), Democritus: Science, the Arts, and the Care of the Soul (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (12). 2008.
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35Empedocles on Sensation, Perception, and ThoughtHistory of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 19 (1): 38-57. 2016.Aristotle claims that Empedocles took perception and knowledge to be the same; Theophrastus follows Aristotle. The paper begins by examining why Aristotle and Theophrastus identify thought/knowing with perception in Empedocles. I maintain that the extant fragments do not support the assertion that Empedocles identifies or conflates sensation with thought or cognition. Indeed, the evidence of the texts shows that Empedocles is careful to distinguish them, and argues that to have genuine understan…Read more
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34The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy (edited book)Oxford University Press USA. 2008.This handbook brings together leading international scholars to study the diverse figures, movements, and approaches that constitute Presocratic philosophy. More than a survey of scholarship, this study presents new interpretations and evaluations of the Presocratics' accomplishments, from Thales to the sophists and from theology to science
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33Language, Thought and Falsehood in Ancient Greek Philosophy (review)Review of Metaphysics 47 (1): 140-141. 1993.Denyer sets out to explain a puzzle about early Greek philosophers: Why are these early thinkers so worried about the possibility of false statement and false judgment? Denyer begins by pointing out that modern philosophers are more worried by truth: for them the problem is to explain how we can make true judgments, not how false ones are possible.
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31Plato's Parmenides by Constance C. Meinwald (review)Review of Metaphysics 45 (3): 627-628. 1992.
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27The Divine and the Thinkable Toward an account of the intelligible cosmosRhizomata 1 (2): 217-247. 2013.
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27Anna Marmodoro, Everything in Everything: Anaxagoras’ Metaphysics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017, x + 214 pp (review)Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 101 (1): 145-149. 2019.Name der Zeitschrift: Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie Jahrgang: 101 Heft: 1 Seiten: 145-149.
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27The Legacy of Parmenides: Eleatic Monism and Later Presocratic ThoughtParmenides Publishing. 2004.Parmenides of Elea was the most important and influential philosopher before Plato. He rejected as impossible the scientific inquiry practiced by the earlier Presocratic philosophers and held that generation, destruction, and change are unreal and that only one thing exists. In this book, Patricia Curd argues that Parmenides sought to reform rather than to reject scientific inquiry, and she offers a more coherent account of his influence on later philosophers._ _The Legacy of Parmenides_ examine…Read more
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