Hellenistic Pythagorean Epistemology

De Cesaris, Giulia; Horky, Phillip Sidney

Hellenistic Pythagorean Epistemology

De Cesaris, Giulia; Horky, Phillip Sidney

Authors

Giulia De Cesaris

Professor Phillip Horky phillip.horky@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

The paper offers a running commentary on ps-Archytas’ On Intellect and Sense Perception, with the aim to provide a clear description of Hellenistic/post-Hellenistic Pythagorean epistemology. Through an analysis of the process of knowledge and of the faculties that this involves, ps-Archytas presents an original epistemological theory which, although grounded in Aristotelian and Platonic theories, results in a peculiar Pythagorean criteriology that accounts for the acquisition and production of knowledge, as well as for the specific competences of each cognitive faculty.

Citation

De Cesaris, G., & Horky, P. S. (2018). Hellenistic Pythagorean Epistemology. Lexicon philosophicum, 2018(Special issue : Hellenistic theories of knowledge), 221-262

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Sep 15, 2018
Publication Date	Dec 1, 2018
Deposit Date	Sep 16, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Dec 11, 2018
Journal	Lexicon philosophicum
Publisher	CNR-ILIESI (Roma)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2018
Issue	Special issue : Hellenistic theories of knowledge
Pages	221-262
Publisher URL	http://lexicon.cnr.it/index.php/LP/article/view/569

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