Hellenistic Pythagorean Epistemology

De Cesaris, Giulia; Horky, Phillip Sidney

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
• Electronic ISSN: 2283-7833
• Publisher: CNR-ILIESI (Roma)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2018
• Issue: Special issue : Hellenistic theories of knowledge
• Pages: 221-262
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1319375
• Publisher URL: http://lexicon.cnr.it/index.php/LP/article/view/569