(P/B) RATIONALITY IN GREEK THOUGHT

Παρουσίαση

Rationality in Greek Thought, a collection of specially written essays by leading international scholars, re-examines ancient ideas of reason and rationality.
Conceptions of reason, rationality, and reasonableness have changed considerably over time, and scholars have all too easily projected contemporary ideas of reason onto ancient thought. This tendency has made it impossible for us fully to understand either the central tenets of ancient philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics, or empiricist tendencies in ancient thought.
Rationality in Greek Thought examines distinctive aspects of ancient conceptions of reason, sharpening awareness of the considerable conceptual change, and helping to remove a serious obstacle to a full understanding of ancient philosophical texts. At the same time, the essays stimulate a reassessment of our own ideas of reason and rationality, helping us set them in historical context and explore alternatives to them.

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction, Michael Frede
1: The Philosophical Economy of Plato's Psychology: Rationality and Common Concepts in the Timaeus, Dorothea Frede
2: What Kind of Cause is Aristotle's Final Cause?, David Furley
3: Reason, Moral Virtue, and Moral Value, John Cooper
4: Rule and Exception: On the Aristotelian Theory of Equity, Jacques Brunschwig
5: Aristotle's Rationalism, Michael Frede
6: Grammar on Aristotle's Terms, Jonathan Barnes
7: Perfection and Reduction in Aristotle's Prior Analytics, Gisela Striker
Epilogismos: An Appraisal, 8
9: Scepticism, Old and New, Julia Annas
10: Theories and Practices of Demonstration in Galen, G. E. R. Lloyd
11: Ammonius on Future Contingent Propositions, Mario Mignucci
12: Rationality, Richard Sorabji
Index