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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy -- Copyright -- Advisory Board -- Contents -- Opposites and Explanations in Heraclitus -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preliminaries on explanation and opposites -- 3. Opposites in Heraclitus' predecessors -- 4. Opposites as explananda -- 5. Against a metaphysical foundation -- 6. Metaphysical interdependence -- 7. Conclusion: Opposites and explanation -- Bibliography -- Evaluative Illusion in Plato's Protagoras -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Akrasia in the Protagoras -- 3. The puzzle of temporal distortion -- 4. The non-rationalinterpretation |
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2.1. Laws and consequentialist principles -- 2.2. Principle H and consequentialism -- 3. Objections to consequentialism in Plato -- 4. Evidence for and against consequentialism in Plato -- 4.1. Demandingness -- 4.2. The do/allow distinction -- 4.3. Doing bad things -- 4.4. Impartiality -- 5. The harm principle -- 6. The Laws' theology -- 6.1. The petteia-player -- 6.2. Why does the Coincidence obtain? -- 6.3. Rational eudaemonism, A1, and the Coincidence -- 6.4. Book 10's theology and our self-understanding -- Bibliography -- Aristotle's Argument for the Necessity of What We Understand |
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1. We think we only understand necessities? -- 2. Understanding as a relative -- 2.1. Understanding is not simultaneous with its object -- 2.2. What are the objects of understanding? -- 2.3. Is the dependency principle specific to scientific understanding? -- 3. Understanding as a state -- 3.1. The tension between the two principles -- 4. A tempting solution -- 5. Aristotle's argument for the necessity of what we understand -- 5.1. Why does Aristotle hold that contingencies are KOWT? -- 5.2. How does the claim that contingencies are KOWT establish that understanding is of necessities? |
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6. Objections -- 6.1. Objection 1: Durability without eternal truth -- 6.2. Objection 2: Eternal truth without necessity -- 7. Concluding remarks -- Bibliography -- Aristotle on Digestion, Self-Motion, and the Eternity of the Universe: A Discussion of Physics 8. 6 and De somno -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Physics 8. 6: The difficulty and its context -- 3. The passage (Physics 8. 6, 259b1-20) -- 4. Three interpretations and their shortcomings -- 5. A new interpretation and its evidence in Physics 8 -- 6. De somno on sleep and digestion -- 7. Temporal continuity and the ou kuriōs claim in Physics 8. 6 |
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8. The broader context |
| Summary |
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2023) |
| Subject |
Philosophy, Ancient -- Periodicals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Caston, Victor, 1963- editor.
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Kamtekar, Rachana, 1965- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780192885319 |
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0192885316 |
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9780191980640 |
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0191980641 |
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