Encyclopedia of Classical PhilosophyDonald J. Zeyl, Daniel Devereux, Phillip Mitsis The only encyclopedia in English specific to the field of Classical Philosophy, this work presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity. The articles present not only succinct historical accounts of their subject matter, but they introduce readers to issues of interpretation and debate in the contemporary scholarly study of the philosophy of the Classical period. Scholars, students, and interested lay persons will find this volume useful in gaining a comprehensive view of the field. The contributors, representing three continents, are themselves leading scholars of international stature. |
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... sense that the same type of mental states can be realized in different types of matter and as such are not ... sense perception ( aisthêsis ) , at least touch , necessar- ily belongs to all animals . A sense capacity is defined in terms ...
... senses are definitionally distinct , they are in fact aspects of a single , unified perceptive capacity , which when considered in relation to activities that involve more than one of the special senses is called the " common sense ...
... senses furnish us with much knowledge ( 980a25-26 ) . Sense perception is also said to yield “ experience ” ( empeiria ) when repeated perception enables us to detect recurring sequences of events ( 980a15-16 ; cf. the view expressed in ...
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