Journal article
What do our impressions say? The Stoic theory of perceptual content and belief formation
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Here I propose an interpretation of the ancient Stoic psychological theory on which (i) the concepts that an adult human possesses affect the content of the perceptual impressions (φαντασίαι αἰσθητικαί) she forms, and (ii) the content of such impressions is exhausted by an ‘assertible’ (ἀξίωμα) of suitable complexity. What leads the Stoics to accept (i) and (ii), I argue, is their theory of assent and belief formation, which requires that the perceptual impression communicate information suit...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- De Gruyter Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Apeiron Journal website
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 29–63
- Publication date:
- 2018-06-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-04-08
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2156-7093
- ISSN:
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0003-6390
- Source identifiers:
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834751
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- Copyright holder:
- Walter de Gruyter Inc, Boston/Berlin
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2018 Walter de Gruyter Inc., Boston/Berlin.
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