Katharine R O’Reilly
Biographic Data
| ID | 10989702 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharine R O’Reilly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharine R |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Reilly |
| SIGNATURE | O’REILLY K R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University CollegeOxfordUK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Jellyfish’s Pleasures
Scholars have characterised the trial of the life of pleasure in Philebus 20b-21d as digressive or pejorative. I argue that it is neither: it is a thought experiment containing an important argument, in the form of a reductio , of the hypothesis that a life could be most pleasant without cognition. It proceeds in a series of steps, culminating in the precisely chosen image of the jellyfish. Understanding the intended resonance of this creature, a…
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The Jellyfish’s Pleasures
Scholars have characterised the trial of the life of pleasure in Philebus 20b-21d as digressive or pejorative. I argue that it is neither: it is a thought experiment containing an important argument, in the form of a reductio , of the hypothesis that a life could be most pleasant without cognition. It proceeds in a series of steps, culminating in the precisely chosen image of the jellyfish. Understanding the intended resonance of this creature, a…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis (1 work) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 work) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Jellyfish (1 work) · Metaphysics (1 work) · Pejorative (1 work)