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6Argument and Dialectical Structure in Physics VIII 1Aristotelica. forthcoming._Physics_ VIII 1 presents a multi-stage argument concluding that there was not, nor ever will be, a time when there was not nor will not be motion (_Phys_. VIII 1.252b5-6). In this paper I shall argue that chapter’s argument is dialectical in a precise way. My claim will be that _Physics_ VIII 1 is apodeictically conditioned – its structure must be understood in terms of the theory of science in the _Posterior Analytics_ and the methods for establishing principles in the _Topics. Physics_ VIII 1…Read more
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8Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy (edited book)Brill. 2013.Volume XXIX contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during academic year 2012-13. The papers feature Plato's Republic and Timaeus, examine Aristotle on generation, analogy and method, and analyze Proclus on first principles.
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1Logoi and muthoi: further essays in Greek philosophy and literature (edited book)SUNY Press. 2019.Essays on Greek philosophy and literature from Homer and Hesiod to Aristotle. In Logoi and Muthoi, William Wians builds on his earlier volume Logos and Muthos, highlighting the richness and complexity of these terms that were once set firmly in opposition to one another as reason versus myth or rationality versus irrationality. It was once common to think of intellectual history representing a straightforward progression from mythology to rationality. These volumes, however, demonstrate the valu…Read more
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2Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume Xxxii (edited book)Brill. 2017.The volume contains papers and commentaries presented to the _Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy_ during the academic year 2015-16. Works: Phaedrus, Republic, Apology, Laws, Seventh Letter, Stoic texts. Topics: Stoic blending, reciprocal eros, perception in tripartite soul, Stoic identity, Plato’s politics and events.
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35Aristotle on the Uses of Contemplation by Matthew D. WalkerJournal of the History of Philosophy 57 (3): 551-552. 2019.Matthew Walker’s book argues that contemplation is not useless as “traditionally” claimed, but serves the crucial function of guiding what Walker frequently refers to as human life activities, most importantly the self-maintenance of the human organism. By this phrase, he includes the full range of psychic functions essential to a perishable organism, extending down to nourishment and reproduction. As such, contemplation not only becomes the central organizing principle of Aristotle’s ethics, bu…Read more
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3Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume Xxxiii (edited book)Brill. 2018.Volume 33 contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during academic year 2015-16. Works: Parmenides’ _Poem, Posterior Analytics_ and _Poetics_, Gorgias. Topics: liar’s paradox, syllogism and nature, authorial freedom, _ousia_ and the true and good.
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22Halper, Edward, One and Many in Aristotle’s Metaphysics: Books Alpha-Delta. Las Vegas: Parmenides Publishing, 2009. HC xli + 524 pp, ISBN 978-1-930972-21-6. $48.00 (review)International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 4 (1): 75-78. 2010.
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Aristotle's Method in BiologyDissertation, University of Notre Dame. 1983.The dissertation examines Aristotle's method in his three great treatises on biology--the History of Animals, the Parts of Animals, and the Generation of Animals. It argues that these works exhibit a dialectical method, based on the techniques and methods developed in Aristotle's Topics. In particular, Aristotle applies a dialectical method to the difficult task of justifying the principles of biology. ;Finding a dialectical method in the biology suggests a new solution to a well-known conflict …Read more
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Commentary on LloydProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 6 402-412. 1990.
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49Logos and Muthos: Philosophical Essays in Greek Literature (edited book)State University of New York Press. 2009.These essays reveal a dynamic range of interactions, reactions, tensions, and ambiguities, showing how Greek literary creations impacted and provided the ...
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7Colloquium 10Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 6 (1): 402-412. 1990.
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66Aristotle and the problem of human knowledgeInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 2 (1): 41-64. 2008.I shall argue that, according to Aristotle, the knowledge we may attain is profoundly qualified by our status as human knowers. Throughout the corpus, Aristotle maintains a separation of knowledge at the broadest level into two kinds, human and divine. The separation is not complete—human knowers may enjoy temporarily what god or the gods enjoy on a continuous basis; but the division expresses a fact about humanity's place in the cosmos, one that imposes strict conditions on what we may know, wi…Read more
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3Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume Xxviii (edited book)Brill. 2013.This volume, the twenty-eighth year of published proceedings, contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during academic year 2011-12. The papers treat thinkers ranging from early Greek cosmology, to several on Plato and one each on Aristotle and Plotinus.
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11One and many in Aristotle's metaphysics: The central booksInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 2 (2): 212-215. 2008.
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23Aristotle's Philosophical Development: Problems and ProspectsRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1995.A collection of 16 essays which assess the revival of development studies in relation to Aristotle.
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8Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume Xxx (edited book)Brill. 2012.Volume XXX contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during academic year 2013-14. They feature: Philebus , Republic , Theaetetus and Alcibiades I , Sophist , and Symposium , Apology and Phaedo , on pleasure, knowledge, the city, and the philosopher
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2Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume Xxxi (edited book)Brill. 2012.Volume 31 contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during academic year 2014-15. Works: _Symposium_, _Republic_, _Euthyphro_, Proclus’s _De malorum_, _Sophist_, _Statesman_; topics: eros, tripartite soul, what the gods love, evil, Homeric motifs.
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1Logos and Muthos: Philosophical Essays in Greek Literature (edited book)State University of New York Press. 2010._Explores the philosophical dimensions present in the works of ancient Greek poets and playwrights._
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13Colloquium 7Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 8 (1): 268-279. 1992.
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Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume Xxv (edited book)Brill. 2010.This volume, the twenty-fifth year of published proceedings, contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during academic year 2008-9. The papers treat thinkers ranging from Heraclitus and Anaxagoras, to Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, and to Chyrsippus and Proclus
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