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295"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 Hellenic ethical thought neither depended on outdated theoretical notions nor limited itself to the Greek world, but was in fact developed with constant awareness of cu…Read more
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138Aristotle’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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99Counting the Hypotheses in Plato's ParmenidesApeiron 46 (3): 229-243. 2013.Journal Name: Apeiron Issue: Ahead of print
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93Plato on Women’s Natural Ability: Revisiting Republic V and Timaeus 41e3–44d2 and 86b1–92c3Apeiron 49 (3): 261-280. 2016.Despite the prominent argument for equal educational opportunity for women inWe examine carefully Plato’s argument for the equal nature of women in.
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86Aristotle’s Treatment of Ousia in Metaphysics V, 8Southern Journal of Philosophy 21 (1): 57-66. 1983.
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71Aristotle 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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61The 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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61Descartes' '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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38Power, Liberty, and Counterfactual Conditionals in Hobbes' ThoughtHobbes Studies 3 (1): 3-17. 1990.
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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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24The Performance of Philosophizing in the Platonic LoversAmerican Journal of Philology 139 (3): 397-421. 2018.
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1910 The Modern Aristotle: Michael Polanyi’s Search for Truth against NihilismIn Abraham Jacob Greenstine & Ryan J. Johnson (eds.), Contemporary Encounters with Ancient Metaphysics, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 180-201. 2017.
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16Reading Aristotle: Argument and Exposition (edited book)Brill. 2017._Reading Aristotle: Argument and Exposition_ demonstrates that Aristotle’s treatises rely crucially on expository principles—questions of proper sequence, pedagogical method, and distinctions between different sciences.
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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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14Commentary on GallopProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 4 (1): 291-302. 1988.
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