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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James Allen (University of Pittsburgh)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9780199550494ISBN 10: 0199550492 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 07 August 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsStudy I: Aristotle on sign-inference and related forms of argument Study I Appendix A: The text of Rhetoric, II 25, 1403a6-10 Study I Appendix B: Were there other developments in Aristotle's rhetorical theory? Study II: Rationalism, Empiricism, and Scepticism: Sextus Empiricus' treatment of sign-inference Study III; The Stoics on sign-inference and demonstration Study III Appendix: The evidence for a Dialectical origin of the Stoic theory of signs Study IV: Epicurean sign-inference in Philodemus ConclusionReviewsThis excellent book provides a number of new historical and exegetical takes on an important chapter in Hellenistic epistemology. Allen's ideas will be at the center of future debates in the field. His arguments are not conclusive, and the reader may not find them all convincing, but such is the nature of Hellenistic epistemology. --Ancient Philosophy <br> This excellent book provides a number of new historical and exegetical takes on an important chapter in Hellenistic epistemology. Allen's ideas will be at the center of future debates in the field. His arguments are not conclusive, and the reader may not find them all convincing, but such is the nature of Hellenistic epistemology. --Ancient Philosophy<br> Author InformationJames Allen is professor of philosophy and a fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science. He has held a visiting appointment at Yale, been a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge, and a Stipendiat of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung at the Universität Hamburg. His principal interests are in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is the author of articles about ancient conceptions of expertise, ancient skepticism, ancient medicine, Aristotelian logic, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Cicero. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |