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The starting-points for knowledge: Chrysippus on how to acquire and fortify insecure apprehension
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This paper examines some neglected Chrysippean fragments on insecure apprehension (κατάληψις). First, I present Chrysippus’ account of how non-Sages can begin to fortify their insecure apprehension and upgrade it into knowledge (ἐπιστήμη). Next, I reconstruct Chrysippus’ explanation of how sophisms and counter-arguments lead one to abandon one’s insecure apprehension. One such counter-argument originates in the sceptical Academy and targets the Stoic claim that insecure apprehension can be ac...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Brill Academic Publishers Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Phronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy Journal website
- Volume:
- 67
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 62-98
- Publication date:
- 2021-10-07
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-08-26
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1568-5284
- ISSN:
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0031-8868
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1193043
- Local pid:
- pubs:1193043
- Deposit date:
- 2021-08-27
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- Copyright holder:
- Simon Shogry
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © Simon Shogry, 2021. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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