Fallibility And Fallibilism In Ancient Philosophy And Literature

Author : Therese Fuhrer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111316807
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallibility and Fallibilism in Ancient Philosophy and Literature written by Therese Fuhrer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind's constant struggle with physical as well as mental weaknesses is omnipresent in ancient literature: misconduct, wrongdoing, failure and experiences of contingency are anthropological phenomena. Ancient ethics, epistemology, and natural philosophy have developed different theoretical approaches and guidelines on how to act and how to overcome all kinds of problems. Christian theology, on the other hand, has explained moral failure as a symptom of original sin, comparing decline and destruction to a burden from which mankind is relieved only at the end. The contributions explore how ancient philosophical texts, both pagan and Christian, explain, conceptualize and integrate the myriad manifestations of human fallibility into the different philosophical schools. The focus is on anthropological, ontological and theological concepts that analyse and reflect human fallibility, as well as on the textual and linguistic representation of the phenomenon in ancient literature. Several contributions in the volume explore literary texts that discuss or illustrate the philosophical dimension of fallibility, such as satire's or tragedy's (often exaggerated) depiction of human weakness.

Author : Therese Fuhrer, Janja Soldo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111317145
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallibility and Fallibilism in Ancient Philosophy and Literature written by Therese Fuhrer, Janja Soldo and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harald Thorsrud
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317492838
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Scepticism written by Harald Thorsrud and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360-c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiricus in the second century CE. Thorsrud explores the differences among Sceptics and examines in particular the separation of the Scepticism of Pyrrho from its later form - Academic Scepticism - which arose when its ideas were introduced into Plato's "Academy" in the third century BCE. He also unravels the prolonged controversy that developed between Academic Scepticism and Stoicism, the prevailing dogmatism of the day. Steering an even course through the many differences of scholarly opinion surrounding Scepticism, Thorsrud provides a balanced appraisal of its enduring significance by showing why it remains so philosophically interesting and how ancient interpretations differ from modern ones.

Author : Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107393779
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fragility of Goodness written by Martha C. Nussbaum and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of ancient views about 'moral luck'. It examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to factors outside a person's control, and asks how this affects our appraisal of persons and their lives. The Greeks made a profound contribution to these questions, yet neither the problems nor the Greek views of them have received the attention they deserve. This book thus recovers a central dimension of Greek thought and addresses major issues in contemporary ethical theory. One of its most original aspects is its interrelated treatment of both literary and philosophical texts. The Fragility of Goodness has proven to be important reading for philosophers and classicists, and its non-technical style makes it accessible to any educated person interested in the difficult problems it tackles. This edition, first published in 2001, features a preface by Martha Nussbaum.

Author : Paul Ricœur
Publisher : Chicago, Regnery
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallible Man written by Paul Ricœur and published by Chicago, Regnery. This book was released on 1965 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1 of part 2 of the author's Philosophy of the will. Book I: Fallible Man -- Part II: Finiture and Guilt.

Author : Wilhelm Windelband
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Ancient Philosophy written by Wilhelm Windelband and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Uwe Meixner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783897858589
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallacious Arguments in Ancient Philosophy written by Uwe Meixner and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Katja Maria Vogt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199916810
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belief and Truth written by Katja Maria Vogt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belief and Truth: A Skeptic Reading of Plato explores a Socratic intuition about belief, doxa — belief is "shameful." In aiming for knowledge, one must aim to get rid of beliefs. Vogt shows how deeply this proposal differs from contemporary views, but that it nevertheless speaks to intuitions we are likely to share with Plato, ancient skeptics, and Stoic epistemologists.

Author : Diego Machuca
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147251436X
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present written by Diego Machuca and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the entire history of skepticism. Divided chronologically into ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern, and contemporary periods, and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters from leading philosophers, this comprehensive volume is the first of its kind. By exploring each of the distinct traditions and providing expert insights, this extensive reference work: - covers major thinkers such as Sextus Empiricus, Cicero, Descartes, Hume, Spinoza, and Wittgenstein. - acknowledges the influence of ancient skeptical traditions on later philosophy and explains why it is still a fertile topic of inquiry among today's philosophers and historians of philosophy. - analyzes various forms of skepticism including Pyrrhonian, Academic, religious, moral, and neo-Pyrrhonian. - addresses issues in contemporary epistemology and indicates new directions of study. Skepticism, a driving force in the history of philosophy, remains at the center of debates in ethics, philosophy of religion, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an essential point of reference for any student, researcher, or practitioner of philosophy, presenting a systematic and historical survey of this core philosophical topic.

Author : Jessica Anne Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198801777
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallibilism written by Jessica Anne Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fallibilists claim that one can know a proposition on the basis of evidence that supports it even if the evidence doesn't guarantee its truth. Jessica Brown offers a compelling defence of this view against infallibilists, who claim that it is contradictory to claim to know and yet to admit the possibility of error.