1st Edition
Self-Intellection and its Epistemological Origins in Ancient Greek Thought
By Ian M. Crystal
Copyright 2002
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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Can the intellect or the intellectual faculty be its own object of thought, or can it not think or apprehend itself? This book explores the ancient treatments of the question of self-intellection - an important theme in ancient epistemology and of considerable interest to later philosophical thought. The manner in which the ancients dealt with the intellect apprehending itself, took them into both... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The epistemological origins: Parmenides on intellection; Plato's epistemological response to Parmenides; Plato's epistemic subject; The emergence of self-intellection: Intellection and self-intellection in the De Anima: Aristotle's epistemological response to Plato; The emergence of the problem and its resolution: Sextus Empiricus and the Stoics on the dilemma of self-intellection; Plotinus' reformulation of self-intellection: his response to Sextus Empiricus; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Ian M. Crystal, Louisiana State University, USA
'Crystal's book is an important contribution to the ever-growing and increasingly sophisticated literature on cognition and philosophy of mind in antiquity. His clear and engaging style together with his marked philosophical acumen make this book a delight to read, at once thoughtful and thought provoking. It sets a high standard for future contributions to this topic.' Journal of the History of Philosophy
