Course : HELLENISTIC EPISTEMOLOGY
Course code : PHS582
Happy New Year & Article Presentations
Dear all,
Happy New Year! I hope 2026 has started well for you! Wishing you health and plenty of enjoyment along the way.
I would also like to take this opportunity to update you on the article presentations for our seminar. So far, the assignments are as follows:
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Feng |
M. Jackson‑McCabe, “The Stoic Theory of Implanted Preconceptions,” Phronesis, Vol. 49, No. 4 (2004), 323–347. |
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Marina |
M. Frede, “Stoics and Skeptics on Clear and Distinct Impressions,” in The Skeptical Tradition, ed. Myles Burnyeat, University of California Press, Berkeley 1983, 65‑93.
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Olga |
M. Μ. Burnyeat, “Can the skeptic live his skepticism?”, in M. Burnyeat (ed.), The Skeptical Tradition, Berkeley, 1983, 117-48. |
| Jiankai
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T. Brennan, “Reasonable Impressions in Stoicism,” Phronesis 41, no. 3, 1996, 318–334. |
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Alvise
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M. Frede, “The Stoic Notion of a Lekton,” in Language, St. Everson, Companions to Ancient Thought Vol. 3, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 109–128 |
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Alonso |
A. A. Long, “Socrates in Hellenistic Philosophy,” Classical Quarterly 38, no. 1, 1988, 150–171 |
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Tintti
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J. Cooper, “Arcesilaus: Socratic and Sceptic”, in his Knowledge, Nature, and the Good, Princeton 2004, 81-103
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Shiyi |
V. Caston, “Something and Nothing: The Stoics on Concepts and Universals,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 17 (1999): 145–213 |
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Sofia |
J. Barnes, “The Beliefs of a Pyrrhonist”, The Cambridge Classical Journal, 28, 1982, 1-29.
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All of the above papers have been uploaded to the e-class documents, so you can all take a look.
If you have not yet informed us of your chosen article, please do so at your earliest convenience so that we can finalize the schedule.
Looking forward to seeing you again and discussing your presentations!
Best regards,
Anna