1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778523003321

Autore

Dyson Henry <1975->

Titolo

Prolepsis and Ennoia in the early Stoa [[electronic resource] /] / Henry Dyson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2009

ISBN

1-282-45670-9

9786612456701

3-11-021229-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Sozomena studies in the recovery of ancient texts ; ; v. 5

Disciplina

188

Soggetti

Stoics

Philosophy, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge -- Chapter One: Are Porlepses and Common Conceptions Identical? -- Chapter Two: Prolepsis and Common Conceptions as Criteria of Truth -- Chapter Three: Stages in the Development of Reason -- Interim Conclusions: Meno's Paradox and the Early Stoa -- Chapter Four: The Formation of Prolepses -- Chapter Five: Prolepsis in Ordinary and Philosophical Cognition -- Conclusion: Are the Stoics Empiricists or Rationalists? -- Tables: The Usage of Πρόληψις, ΄ʹΕννοια, and Related Terms -- Appendix A: Epicurus and Later Epicureans -- Appendix B: The Early Stoa -- Appendix C: Cicero and Seneca -- Appendix D: Epictetus -- Appendix E: Plutarch -- Appendix F: Sextus Empiricus -- Appendix G: Alexander of Aphrodisias -- Appendix H: Alcinous -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

This book reconstructs the Stoic doctrine of prolepsis. Prolepses are conceptions that develop naturally from ordinary experience. They are often identified with preconceptions (i.e. the first conceptions one unconsciously forms of something). However, this is inconsistent with the Stoics' claim that prolepseis are criteria of truth. Rather, prolepseis are analytically true claims embedded within one's ordinary conceptual scheme (e.g. the good is beneficial). When they have been articulated



and systematized, prolepseis can be used to judge conceptual claims that go beyond the scope of sense-perceptual knowledge (e.g. pleasure is the good). The Stoics often refer to prolepseis as "common conceptions" to emphasize that they are shared by everyone, although in most people they remain unarticulated. This reconstruction suggests that Chrysippus was influenced by Platonic recollection to a greater extent than previously recognized. It supports the orthodoxy of Epictetus' statements about prolepsis and suggests that later authors who assimilate the Epicurean and Stoic doctrines were misled by the polemical attacks of Carneades. The argument of the book is supported by a comprehensive collection of fragments relating to prolepsis in Epicurus, the early Stoa, Cicero, Epictetus, Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus, and Alexander of Aphrodisias.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164136603321

Titolo

Transactions on Engineering Technologies : World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2015 / / edited by Sio-Iong Ao, Haeng Kon Kim, Mahyar A. Amouzegar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-2717-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 588 p. 289 illus., 156 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

670

Soggetti

Industrial engineering

Production engineering

Software engineering

Computer vision

Artificial intelligence

Industrial and Production Engineering

Software Engineering

Computer Vision

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Topics in engineering mathematics -- Topics in electrical engineering -- Topics in communications systems -- Topics in computer science -- Topics in chemical engineering -- Topics in systems engineering -- Topics in manufacture engineering -- Topics in industrial applications.

Sommario/riassunto

This proceedings volume contains selected revised and extended research articles written by researchers who participated in the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2015, held in San Francisco, USA, 21-23 October 2015. Topics covered include engineering mathematics, electrical engineering, circuits, communications systems, computer science, chemical engineering, systems engineering, manufacturing engineering, and industrial applications. The book offers the reader an overview of the state of the art in engineering technologies, computer science, systems engineering and applications, and will serve as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working in these fields.