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This first title in the Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy series explores ancient accounts of the nature of knowledge and belief from Socrates' predecessors up to the Platonists of late antiquity. Gerson argues that ancient philosophers generally held a naturalistic view of knowledge and compares this with some contemporary epistemologies.

Table of Contents
1. Ancient and modern perspectives; 2. The origin of epistemology; 3. Plato; 4. Aristotle; 5. Epicureanism and Stoicism; 6. Skepticism; 7. Plotinus and the Neoplatonic synthesis; 8. Varieties of naturalism; Bibliographical essay.

Ancient Epistemology

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 2 December 2009
      ISBN-13 9780521691895
      978-0521691895
      ISBN-10 0521691893
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      Ancient history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This first title in the Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy series explores ancient accounts of the nature of knowledge and belief from Socrates' predecessors up to the Platonists of late antiquity. Gerson argues that ancient philosophers generally held a naturalistic view of knowledge and compares this with some contemporary epistemologies.

      Table of Contents
      1. Ancient and modern perspectives; 2. The origin of epistemology; 3. Plato; 4. Aristotle; 5. Epicureanism and Stoicism; 6. Skepticism; 7. Plotinus and the Neoplatonic synthesis; 8. Varieties of naturalism; Bibliographical essay.

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