Dyson Prolepsis and Ennoia in the Early Stoa

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-11-021229-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 5, 288 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

Reihe: Sozomena

This book reconstructs the Stoic doctrine of prolepsis. Prolepses are conceptions that develop naturally from ordinary experience. They are often identified with preconceptions (i.e. the first conceptions one unconsciously forms of something). However, this is inconsistent with the Stoics’ claim that prolepseis are criteria of truth. Rather, prolepseis are analytically true claims embedded within one’s ordinary conceptual scheme (e.g. the good is beneficial). When they have been articulated and systematized, prolepseis can be used to judge conceptual claims that go beyond the scope of sense-perceptual knowledge (e.g. pleasure is the good). The Stoics often refer to prolepseis as “common conceptions” to emphasize that they are shared by everyone, although in most people they remain unarticulated. This reconstruction suggests that Chrysippus was influenced by Platonic recollection to a greater extent than previously recognized. It supports the orthodoxy of Epictetus’ statements about prolepsis and suggests that later authors who assimilate the Epicurean and Stoic doctrines were misled by the polemical attacks of Carneades. The argument of the book is supported by a comprehensive collection of fragments relating to prolepsis in Epicurus, the early Stoa, Cicero, Epictetus, Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus, and Alexander of Aphrodisias.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dyson, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Note on Translations;8
3;Contents
;10
4;Introduction: The Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge
;16
5;Chapter One: Are Porlepses and Common Conceptions Identical?;36
6;Chapter Two: Prolepsis and Common Conceptions as Criteria of Truth
;58
7;Chapter Three: Stages in the Development of Reason;83
8;Interim Conclusions: Meno's Paradox and the Early Stoa;107
9;Chapter Four: The Formation of Prolepses;115
10;Chapter Five: Prolepsis in Ordinary and Philosophical Cognition;145
11;Conclusion: Are the Stoics Empiricists or Rationalists?;180
12;Tables: The Usage of ........, ......a, and Related Terms;187
13;Appendix A: Epicurus and Later Epicureans;198
14;Appendix B: The Early Stoa;207
15;Appendix C: Cicero and Seneca;216
16;Appendix D: Epictetus;228
17;Appendix E: Plutarch;243
18;Appendix F: Sextus Empiricus;262
19;Appendix G: Alexander of Aphrodisias;279
20;Appendix H: Alcinous;285
21;Bibliography;288
22;Index Locorum;296

Über Autor(innen)

Henry Dyson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.