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Democritus and Epicurus on Sensible Qualities in Plutarch, Against Colotes 3-9 (2013)
Journal Article
Castagnoli, L. (2013). Democritus and Epicurus on Sensible Qualities in Plutarch, Against Colotes 3-9. Aitia (En ligne), 3, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.4000/aitia.622

Through a close reading of Plutarch’s Against Colotes 3-9, the paper reconstructs and interprets (1) the original Epicurean criticism against Democritean epistemology and ontology, and in particular against Democritus’ theory of sensible qualities, a... Read More about Democritus and Epicurus on Sensible Qualities in Plutarch, Against Colotes 3-9.

Aristotle on Begging the Question Between Dialectic, Logic and Epistemology (2012)
Journal Article
Castagnoli, L. (2012). Aristotle on Begging the Question Between Dialectic, Logic and Epistemology. Philosophiegeschichte und logische Analyse, 15, 90-121

How Dialectical Was Stoic Dialectic? (2010)
Book Chapter
Castagnoli, L. (2010). How Dialectical Was Stoic Dialectic?. In A. Nightingale, & D. Sedley (Eds.), Ancient Models of Mind: Studies in Human and Divine Rationality (153-179). Cambridge University Press

Review of P. Stern, Knowledge and Politics in Plato’s Theaetetus (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008) (2010)
Journal Article
Castagnoli, L. (2010). Review of P. Stern, Knowledge and Politics in Plato’s Theaetetus (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). Classical Review, 61(1), 64-67. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0009840x10001915

Ancient Self-Refutation: The Logic and History of the Self-Refutation Argument from Democritus to Augustine. (2010)
Book
Castagnoli, L. (2010). Ancient Self-Refutation: The Logic and History of the Self-Refutation Argument from Democritus to Augustine. Cambridge University Press

Review of R. Sorabji, Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006) (2009)
Journal Article
Castagnoli, L. (2009). Review of R. Sorabji, Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006). Classical Review, 59(1), 69-71. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0009840x08001881

Synartesis crisippea e tesi di Aristotele (2007)
Book Chapter
Castagnoli, L. (2009). Synartesis crisippea e tesi di Aristotele. In M. Alessandrelli, & M. Nasti De Vincentis (Eds.), La logica nel pensiero antico. Atti del Colloquio, Roma 28-29 Novembre 2000 (105-164). Bibliopolis

Sextus Empiricus’ Dialectical Moves: Review of R. La Sala, Die Züge des Skeptikers: Die dialektische Charakter von Sextus Empiricus’ Werk (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005) (2007)
Journal Article
Castagnoli, L. (2007). Sextus Empiricus’ Dialectical Moves: Review of R. La Sala, Die Züge des Skeptikers: Die dialektische Charakter von Sextus Empiricus’ Werk (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005). Classical Review, 57(2), 370-372. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0009840x07000522

Memoria Aristotelica, memoria Agostiniana (2006)
Book Chapter
Castagnoli, L. (2006). Memoria Aristotelica, memoria Agostiniana. In G. Lucchetta, & U. La Palombara (Eds.), Mente, anima e corpo nel mondo antico : immagini e funzioni (141-160). Opera Editrice

This article examines Aristotle's and Augustine's conceptions of memory, with special reference to De memoria and Confessions 10. In different ways, both conceptions are shaped by Plato's seminal (albeit non-systematic) reflections on memory. While A... Read More about Memoria Aristotelica, memoria Agostiniana.

Plato’s Republic Revis(it)ed: Review of D. Roochnik, Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato’s Republic (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2003) (2005)
Journal Article
Castagnoli, L. (2005). Plato’s Republic Revis(it)ed: Review of D. Roochnik, Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato’s Republic (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2003). Classical Review, 55(1), 55-57. https://doi.org/10.1093/clrevj/bni033

Protagoras refuted. How clever is Socrates' "most clever" argument at Theaetetus 171a-c? (2004)
Journal Article
Castagnoli, L. (2004). Protagoras refuted. How clever is Socrates' "most clever" argument at Theaetetus 171a-c?. Topoi, 23(1), 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Atopo.0000021381.34686.0d

This article aims at reconstructing the logic and assessing the force of Socrates' argument against Protagoras' 'Measure Doctrine' (MD) at Theaetetus 171a–c. I examine and criticise some influential interpretations of the passage, according to which,... Read More about Protagoras refuted. How clever is Socrates' "most clever" argument at Theaetetus 171a-c?.

Review of R. Bett, Pyrrho, his Antecedents, and his Legacy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000) (2002)
Journal Article
Castagnoli, L. (2002). Review of R. Bett, Pyrrho, his Antecedents, and his Legacy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000). Ancient Philosophy, 22(2), 443-457. https://doi.org/10.5840/ancientphil200222237

Self-bracketing Pyrrhonism (2000)
Book Chapter
Castagnoli, L. (2000). Self-bracketing Pyrrhonism. In D. Sedley (Ed.), Oxford studies in ancient philosophy. Vol. XVIII, Summer 2000 (263-328). Oxford University Press