This book examines the controversy between the early Stoics and the Skeptics of the Academy regarding the criterion of truth. For two hundred years the two schools debated the possibility of verifying the accuracy of our perceptions, and, in the course of argument, each altered its position, adopting some of the arguments of its opponents, until a compromise was reached in the so-called eclectic movement. The book approaches this controversy from the standpoint of the history of ideas to show it as less a rivalry between schools than a debate within a shared tradition.
As the first full-length treatment of the criterion controversy to utilize this approach, it clarifies more than ever before the community of thought between Stoa and Academy.
| ISBN: | 9780820414249 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 1992 |
| Author: | Ralph Doty |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 127 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge |
This book examines the controversy between the early Stoics and the Skeptics of the Academy regarding the criterion of truth. For two hundred years the two schools debated the possibility of verifying the accuracy of our perceptions, and, in the course of argument, each altered its position, adopting some of the arguments of its opponents, until a compromise was reached in the so-called eclectic movement.
The Criterion of Truth features in the following genres: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
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The Criterion of Truth was written by Ralph Doty and published by P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
The Criterion of Truth has 127 pages
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