Synopses & Reviews
The sixteen essays written in honour of Jonathan Barnes for this volume reflect the impressive scope of his contributions to philosophy. Six are on knowledge, five on logic and metaphysics, five on ethics. The volume ranges widely over ancient philosophy, while also finding room for for two contemporary papers on truth and vagueness. Aristotle is prominent in eight of the essays; Plato, Sextus Empiricus, the Stoics, the Epicureans, and ancient Greek medical writers are also discussed. The contributors include some of the most distinguished scholars of our time.
About the Author
Benjamin Morison is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He studied for his BA, BPhil, and DPhil at the University of Oxford, and was a Post-doctoral Fellow of the British Academy from 1997 to 2000. From 2001 to 2009 he was the Michael Cohen Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Exeter College, Oxford. He is the author of
On Location: Aristotle's Concept of Place), and a contributor to the Cambridge Companion to Galen.
Katerina Ierodiakonou is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Previously, she was a Tutorial Fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She earned her PhD at the London School of Economics and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the British Academy from 1990 to 1993. She has published numerous articles on ancient and Byzantine philosophy and has edited many volumes in both areas.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
Knowledge
Episteme, M. F. Burnyeat
Avant nous le deluge: Aristotle's Notion of Intellectual Grasp, R. J. Hankinson
The Notion of Enargeia in Hellenistic Philosophy, Katerina Ierodiakonou
Ancient Scepticism and Ancient Religion, Julia Annas
Concepts and inquiry: Sextus and the Epicureans, Gail Fine
An Anti-Aristotelian Point of Method in Three Rationalist Doctors, Michael Frede
Logic and Metaphysics
A Note on the Ontology of Aristotle Categories, ch. 2, Gisela Striker
Some Remarks on Substance and Essence in Metaphysics Z. 6, David Charles
What Was Aristotle's Concept of Logical Form?, Benjamin Morison
If it's clear, then it's clear that it's clear, or is it? Higher-Order-Vagueness and the S4 Axiom, Susanne Bobzien
Ramsey on Truth and Meaning, Ian Rumfitt
Ethics and Politics
Justice and Just Action in the Republic, Stephen Everson
Practical Truth in Aristotle, Anthony Kenny
Democratic Aristotle and the Democratization of Politics, Malcolm Schofield
Stoic Reservation in Wants and Expectations, Richard Sorabji
The Politics of Virtue: Three Puzzles in De Officiis, Miriam Griffin
Bibliography of Jonathan Barnes's writings: Maddalena Bonelli
Index locorum
Index of names