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- The first comprehensive modern study of Stoic epistemology, which greatly influenced e.g. Descartes
- Builds on and critically assesses the latest research on the subject
- Links epistemology to ethics, and shows what sort of knowledge it is that counts as virtue, according to the Stoics
- Gives access to issues that, because of poor source material, are not easily accessible to even advanced students and specialists
Part of the book series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind (SHPM, volume 10)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is about the epistemological views and arguments of the early Stoics. It discusses such questions as: How is knowledge possible, and what is it? How do we perceive things and acquire notions of them? Should we rely on arguments? How do we come to make so many mistakes?
The author tries to give a comprehensive and conservative account of Stoic epistemology as a whole as it was developed by Chrysippus. He emphasizes how the epistemological views of the Stoics are interrelated among themselves and with views from Stoic physics and logic.
There are a number of Stoic views and arguments that we will never know about. But there are passages on Stoic epistemology in Sextus Empiricus, Galen, Plutarch, Cicero, and a few others authors. The book is like a big jigsaw puzzle of these scattered pieces of evidence.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Håvard Løkke
About the author
Håvard Løkke is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Agder, Norway. He wrote his DPhil thesis in Oxford on Stoic epistemology, with Michael Frede as supervisor. He is currently writing a book on love.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Knowledge and virtue in early Stoicism
Authors: Håvard Løkke
Series Title: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2153-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2152-4Published: 03 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7697-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2153-1Published: 22 October 2015
Series ISSN: 1573-5834
Series E-ISSN: 2542-9922
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 149
Topics: Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind