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Devereux (1986) Particular and Universal in Aristotle's Conception of Practical Knowledge

Devereux, Daniel T. (1986). Particular and Universal in Aristotle's Conception of Practical Knowledge. Review of Metaphysics 39 (3):483 - 504.Aristotle thought his predecessors in general, and Plato in particular, made a serious mistake in failing to mark the boundaries separating the different sciences and branches of philosophical in quiry. All of them failed to grasp the fundamental distincti..

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Haskins (2004) Endoxa, epistemological optimism, and Aristotle's rhetorical project

Haskins, Ekaterina V. (2004). Endoxa, epistemological optimism, and Aristotle's rhetorical project. Philosophy and Rhetoric 37 (1):1-20.Aristotle s crucial role in institutionalizing the art of rhetoric in the fourth century BCE is beyond dispute, but the significance of Aristotle s rhetorical project remains a point of lively controversy among philosophers and rhetoricians alike. There are many..

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Vander (1985) The Political Intention of Aristotle’s Moral Philosophy

Vander Waerdt, P. A. (1985). The Political Intention of Aristotle’s Moral Philosophy. Ancient Philosophy 5 (1):77-89.Aristotle's moral philosophy forms part of his comprehensive political science, but contemporary scholars have generally neglected the relation of his ethical writings to the Polities. Richard Bodeüs' purpose in his important study, Lephilosophe et la eite, is to restore Aristotle..

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Karbowski (2015) Complexity and Progression in Aristotle’s Treatment of Endoxa in the Topics

Karbowski, Joseph (2015). Complexity and Progression in Aristotle’s Treatment of Endoxa in the Topics. Ancient Philosophy 35 (1):75-96. Traditionally, endoxa were thought to be objectively probable or subjectively plausible views, and the adjective ‘endoxos’ was translated accordingly. 1 More recently, however, scholars have suggested that endoxa are ‘reputable’ beliefs (Barnes 1981, 498-502), ‘..

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McDowell (1980) The role of eudaimonia in Aristotle’s Ethics

McDowell, J. 1980. The role of eudaimonia in Aristotle’s Ethics. In Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics. Edited by A. O. Rorty, 359–376. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. Argues that it is wrong to construe Aristotle’s account of happiness as an objectively rational account that is persuasive to any agent; rather, the article argues that Aristotle presupposes an audience whose proper upbringing miti..

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Renon (1998) Aristotle's Endoxa and Plausible Argumentation

Renon, Luis (1998). Aristotle's Endoxa and Plausible Argumentation. Argumentation 12 (1):95-113. 1. A LOOK AT THE FIELD: BACKGROUND AND PERSPECTIVES The Aristotelian dialectical field is, generally taken, that of argument with some other discursive agent (1) from accepted or acceptable propo sitions or premises, (2) through questions and answers, (3) on any debat able question. Aristotle’s diale..

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Davia (2017) Aristotle and the Endoxic Method.

Davia, Carlo (2017). Aristotle and the Endoxic Method. Journal of the History of Philosophy 55 (3):383-405.Standard Accounts(1) The passage specifies a discrete, three-step procedure: first set the phenomena before us; second, discuss the difficulties; third, resolve those difficulties so as to prove the truth of the most and most authoritative endoxa (“reputable opinions”).(2) By “set the pheno..

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Barnes (1980) Aristotle and the methods of ethics

Barnes, Jonathan (1980). Aristotle and the methods of ethics. Revue Internationale de Philosophie 34 (3):490.2.In EN H 1 Aristotle speaks specifically of άχρασία ; but the method he sketches is meant to have a broader application ; for in the case of άχρασία we must proceed ώσπερ επί των άλλων. There can be no doubt that τά άλλα include other issues in practical philosophy : does the method exte..

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