Naly Thaler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1490333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naly Thaler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naly |
| FAMILY NAME | Thaler |
| SIGNATURE | THALER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy
Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy brings together papers written by specialists in the field of ancient philosophy on the topic of polemics. Despite the central role played by polemics in ancient philosophy, the forms and mechanisms of philosophical polemics are not usually the subject of systematic scholarly attention. The present volume seeks to shed new light on familiar texts by approaching them from this neglected angle. T…
Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy
Judgment, Logos, and Knowledge in Plato's Theaetetus
In this second installment on the Theaetetus, I discuss Theaetetus' second and third definitions of knowledge, namely, 'true judgment' and then 'true judgment with the addition of an account'. I offer a brief description of Socrates' intricate examination of these suggestions, concentrating especially on the discussion of false judgment and that of the so-called 'Dream Theory'. I then proceed to map different lines of interpretation for these pas…
Perception and Knowledge in Plato's Theaetetus
In this paper, I examine several key issues relating to the definition of knowledge as perception in the first part of Plato's Theaetetus. I begin by explaining the workings of the 'secret doctrine' of perception, which is introduced in order to support the idea that perception is incorrigible (and hence worthy to the title of knowledge), and then turn to examine the two refutations of the definition of knowledge as perception which appear at the…
Plato on the Philosophical Benefits of Musical Education
I argue that musical education in Plato’s Republic is not aimed at developing a moral discriminatory faculty in the spirited part, but rather that its benefits are predominantly intellectual, and become fully apparent only at the philosophical stage of the guardians’ education. In order to prove this point, I discuss the intellectual state which the guardians’ philosophical education is meant to bring about, and then show why it is dependent on t…
Plato on the Philosophical Benefits of Musical Education
I argue that musical education in Plato’s Republic is not aimed at developing a moral discriminatory faculty in the spirited part, but rather that its benefits are predominantly intellectual, and become fully apparent only at the philosophical stage of the guardians’ education. In order to prove this point, I discuss the intellectual state which the guardians’ philosophical education is meant to bring about, and then show why it is dependent on t…
Plato on the Philosophical Benefits of Musical Education
I argue that musical education in Plato’s Republic is not aimed at developing a moral discriminatory faculty in the spirited part, but rather that its benefits are predominantly intellectual, and become fully apparent only at the philosophical stage of the guardians’ education. In order to prove this point, I discuss the intellectual state which the guardians’ philosophical education is meant to bring about, and then show why it is dependent on t…
Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy
Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy brings together papers written by specialists in the field of ancient philosophy on the topic of polemics. Despite the central role played by polemics in ancient philosophy, the forms and mechanisms of philosophical polemics are not usually the subject of systematic scholarly attention. The present volume seeks to shed new light on familiar texts by approaching them from this neglected angle. T…
Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy
Judgment, Logos, and Knowledge in Plato's Theaetetus
In this second installment on the Theaetetus, I discuss Theaetetus' second and third definitions of knowledge, namely, 'true judgment' and then 'true judgment with the addition of an account'. I offer a brief description of Socrates' intricate examination of these suggestions, concentrating especially on the discussion of false judgment and that of the so-called 'Dream Theory'. I then proceed to map different lines of interpretation for these pas…
Perception and Knowledge in Plato's Theaetetus
In this paper, I examine several key issues relating to the definition of knowledge as perception in the first part of Plato's Theaetetus. I begin by explaining the workings of the 'secret doctrine' of perception, which is introduced in order to support the idea that perception is incorrigible (and hence worthy to the title of knowledge), and then turn to examine the two refutations of the definition of knowledge as perception which appear at the…
Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Literature (2 works)