The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy
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The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy

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The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy

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Ancient philosophers from an otherwise diverse range of traditions were connected by their shared use of aporia - translated as puzzlement rooted in conflicts of reasons - as a core tool in philosophical enquiry. The essays in this volume provide the first comprehensive study of aporetic methodology among numerous major figures and influential schools, including the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Academic sceptics, Pyrrhonian sceptics, Plotinus and Damascius. They explore the differences and similarities in these philosophers' approaches to the source, structure, and aim of aporia, their views on its function and value, and ideas about the proper means of generating such a state among thinkers who were often otherwise opposed in their overall philosophical orientation. Discussing issues of method, dialectic, and knowledge, the volume will appeal to those interested in ancient philosophy and in philosophical enquiry more generally.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781107110151
eBook ISBN
9781108340731
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 Contradiction and Aporia in Early Greek Philosophy
  9. Chapter 2 Socrates and the Benefits of Puzzlement
  10. Chapter 3 Aporia and Sceptical Argument in Plato’s Early Dialogues
  11. Chapter 4 Aporia in Plato’s Parmenides
  12. Chapter 5 Aporia in Plato’s Theaetetus and Sophist
  13. Chapter 6 Aporia and Dialectical Method in Aristotle
  14. Chapter 7 Aporia in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Beta
  15. Chapter 8 Uses of Aporiai in Aristotle’s Generation of Animals
  16. Chapter 9 Aporia and the New Academy
  17. Chapter 10 Aporetic Elements in Plutarch’s Philosophy
  18. Chapter 11 Aporia and Enquiry in Ancient Pyrrhonism
  19. Chapter 12 Aporia and Exegesis: Alexander of Aphrodisias
  20. Chapter 13 The Aporetic Character of Plotinus’ Philosophy
  21. Chapter 14 Aporia and the Limits of Reason and of Language in Damascius
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index Locorum
  24. Subject Index

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