Ancient epistemology / Lloyd P. Gerson.
Ancient epistemology / Lloyd P. Gerson.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N121.09/2
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English
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ix, 179 p.
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Ancient and modern perspectives -- The origin of epistemology -- Plato -- Republic -- Theaetetus -- Knowledge versus belief -- Aristotle -- Posterior analytics -- De anima -- Epicureanism and stoicism -- Epicurean epistemology -- Stoic epistemology -- Skepticism -- Pyrrho and the beginning of skepti...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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England
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2009.
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"Ancient Epistemology explores ancient accounts of the nature of knowledge and belief from the Presocratics up to the Platonists of late antiquity. Professor Gerson argues that ancient philosophers generally held a naturalistic view of knowledge as well as of belief. Hence, knowledge was not viewed as a stipulated or semantically determined type of...
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Ancient epistemology / Lloyd P. Gerson.
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Key themes in ancient philosophy.
Key themes in ancient philosophy.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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N121.09/2
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74VM0lP2voBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0lP2voBA
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9780521691895 (pbk.)
9780521871396 (hardback)
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121.09
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991001909839702626
