Antiochus' Epistemology (original) (raw)

The central problem for modern scholarship on Antiochus' mature epistemology is fairly simple: almost all of the evidence tells us that he adopted Stoic epistemology whole-heartedly, but many scholars have proven unwilling to believe this owing to certain presuppositions about his role in the development of Platonism. 1

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The Situation of Epistemology in Plato's Theaetetus

While it may be controversial to categorize Plato's Theatetetus as " epistemological, " given what is implied by this term, the dialogue does offer a discourse on knowledge, at least in the minimal sense of questioning knowledge. But more than that, the dialogue " situates " its questioning, and its critical examination of attempted definitions of knowledge, in two ways that are particularly illuminating: first, its dramatization of Socrates coming-to-know Theaetetus through philosophical dialogue; second, its taking for granted a whole array of epistemic practices and keeping them in view, peripherally, throughout the discussion. The most interesting example of the latter is found in the famous Digression of the Theaetetus, where the difference between philosophy and rhetoric is understood in terms of the knowledge/lack-of-knowledge belonging to each.

The Philosophy of Antiochus: Introduction

2012

This book is not The Cambridge Companion to Antiochus. Although the distribution of chapter topics attempts to cover all the major aspects of Antiochus' work and significance, their content does not represent an attempt to set out in orderly fashion what we know or reasonably believe about these questions and to present even-handedly whatever issues remain controversial. Authors have been given free rein to defend their own preferred viewpoint on controversial issues, and they will certainly not all be found singing from the same hymn sheet. This, the first book in English ever devoted entirely to the study of Antiochus, is above all an attempt to take debate forward. Nevertheless, anyone seeking to know the state of the art on Antiochean issues, and to find guidance on navigating the ancient testimonia and modern scholarly literature, will find the book an appropriate place to start.  The book is born of a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, entitled 'Greco-Roman Philosophy in the First Century bc' (see Acknowledgements, p. viii). Constructed around a weekly research seminar and two major international workshops, the project sought to advance our understanding of a significant watershed in the history of philosophy. The first century bce is the period in which philosophy loosened its historic moorings in the great philosophical schools of Athens and entered the Roman world, often attaching itself to such cultural centres as Alexandria and Rome.  It is no exaggeration to say that the character of philosophy as an intellectual activity was permanently changed by this transition. Cut adrift from the historic institutions which had linked them to their revered founders, the major philosophies shifted their efforts increasingly onto the study of their foundational texts. The Roman imperial age was thus an age in which philosophy centred on the newly burgeoning  For a more succinct and very helpful overview, see Barnes .  On the nature of this transformation, see Glucker , Hadot ,Frede, Sedley a. 

Antiochus’ Interpretation of Socrates in Cicero’s Academica

Socrates and the Socratic Philosophies: Selected Papers from SOCRATICA IV, 2022

The two reports of Antiochus' interpretation of Socrates in Cicero (Luc. 15, Acad. 1.15-17) can be reconciled. Antiochus held Socrates to have been an elenctic philosopher interested in ethics, rather than a proto-skeptic or Platonic dogmatist. Antiochus defended this claim through a reading of the Socratic dialogues of Plato and others to combat the skeptical (mis)interpretation of Socrates.

Plato's Epistemology: How Hard It Is to Know

Plato's Epistemology: How Hard Is It To Know?, 1997

Laidlaw's analysis of Plato's theory of knowledge and theory of education provides a consistent reading of the corpus while suggesting resolutions to puzzles scholars identify in the Theaetetus.

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Learning from the Gods: Episteme and Politics in Plato’s Menexenus, in M. Bonazzi, F. Forcignanò, A. Ulacco (eds.), "Thinking, Knowing, Acting: Epistemology and Ethics in Plato and Ancient Platonism", Brill, Leiden-Boston 2019, pp. 72-98.

Brill's Plato Studies Series, Volume 3, 2019