Lesley Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3974265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lesley Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lesley |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Faculty of Philosophy, Somerville College, Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5499-9145 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Participation, autonomy and control are shared concepts within older people's interpretations of independence: A Qualitative Interview Study
To date, support for independence in older people has been largely focused on achieving practice- and policy-orientated goals such as maintenance of function, remaining in one's own home and reducing the impact of receiving care. Uncertainty about what independence means to older people means that these goals may not align with what matters and should be considered for a more person-centred approach to independence. This study aimed to improve un…
Conceptualising Concepts in Greek Philosophy
Reducing delayed transfer of care in older people: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to shorter hospital stays
The Sophist on Statements, Predication, and Falsehood
Plato’s late dialogue, the Sophist , divides clearly into two very different parts. In the Outer Parts (216–236d; 264b9–end), the main speaker, a nameless visitor from Elea in Italy (hereafter ES, for Eleatic Stranger) embarks on a discourse ostensibly designed to say what a sophist is. Using the so-called Method of Division, the ES offers no fewer than seven accounts of what the sophist is. Interrupting the seventh attempt, the Middle Part (236d…
Oxford World's Classics: Plato: Theaetetus
The 'Theaetetus' is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, acknowledged as one of Plato's finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a student, Theaetetus, it explores the key philosophical issue: what is knowledge? This edition combines the acclaimed translation by John McDowell with a valuable introduction and notes
Why Is Aristotle’s Virtue of Character a Mean? Taking Aristotle at His Word ( NE ii 6)
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The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the first and arguably most important treatise on ethics in Western philosophy. It remains to this day a compelling reflection on the best sort of human life and continues to inspire contemporary thought and debate. This Cambridge Companion includes twenty essays by leading scholars of Aristotle and ancient philosophy that cover the major issues of this text. The essays in this volume shed light on Aristotle's ri…
Definition and Division in Plato's Sophist
This chapter investigates the so-called method of division, purportedly used in the dialogue Sophist to give the essence of the sophist, i.e., of the sophistic art or expertise. The dialogue's enigma is that it offers not one but seven different definitions, all of them satirical or whimsical, and each purporting to be the account of what sophistry is. The chapter rejects readings on which each of these ‘definitions’, or just the final one — the …
The Sophist on Statements, Predication, and Falsehood
Of the later dialogues of Plato, the Sophists stand out. This article highlights the concept of sophist as propounded by Plato. A didactic approach runs through the text. Socrates harps on the relation between sophist, philosopher and a statesman. Are they three different or they are the same. The basic idea that Plato wants to convey is, both features highlight some of the key enigmas of the dialogue: What is the relation between the outer and m…
Plato's Meno
Book Review| July 01 2008 Plato's Meno Dominic Scott, Plato's Meno. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. x + 238 pp. Lesley Brown Lesley Brown Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2008) 117 (3): 468–471. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-2008-011 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Lesley Brown; Plato's Meno. The Philosophical Revi…
Glaucon’s Challenge, Rational Egoism and Ordinary Morality
In his inaugural lecture ‘Duty and interest ’ delivered in 1928,1 Prichard singled out for criticism a theme which, he believed, pervaded many ethical theories, both in ancient times and in his more immediate pre-decessors. Among philosophers, wrote Prichard, Plato is far from being alone in presupposing that an action, to be right, must be for the good or advantage of the agent (2002: 26). After spending a few sentences on Cook Wilson and Butler…
Pursuing the Good: Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato's Republic
Plato and Aristotle
This chapter contains sections titled: Plato Aristotle
Innovation and Continuity
Prologue In Greek mythology, Zeus and the other Olympian deities were challenged in a mighty battle by the race of giants, a battle which, with the help of Herakles, the gods won. Unlike the earlier battle of the Titans, in which Zeus’s party defeated and supplanted their own forebears, the Titans, the Gigantomachia ended with the preservation of the old order in the face of the newcomers’ challenge. The battle of gods and giants forms the theme …
What is "the mean relative to us" in Aristotle's Ethics
Rejetant l'interpretation individualiste de la definition de l'excellence de caractere en terme de moyen relatif a nous dans l'«Ethique a Nicomaque» (II, 6), l'A. montre que l'expression d'Aristote, et l'exemple de l'entraineur athletique qui l'illustre, doivent etre compris dans le sens d'un moyen relatif a nous en tant qu'etres humains, c'est-a-dire comme definissant la notion normative de nature humaine
Recollection and Experience
Oxford World's Classics: Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics (Revised Edition)
The Aristotelian Ethics
What is "the mean relative to us" in Aristotle's Ethics
Rejetant l'interpretation individualiste de la definition de l'excellence de caractere en terme de moyen relatif a nous dans l'«Ethique a Nicomaque» (II, 6), l'A. montre que l'expression d'Aristote, et l'exemple de l'entraineur athletique qui l'illustre, doivent etre compris dans le sens d'un moyen relatif a nous en tant qu'etres humains, c'est-a-dire comme definissant la notion normative de nature humaine
Participation, autonomy and control are shared concepts within older people's interpretations of independence: A Qualitative Interview Study
To date, support for independence in older people has been largely focused on achieving practice- and policy-orientated goals such as maintenance of function, remaining in one's own home and reducing the impact of receiving care. Uncertainty about what independence means to older people means that these goals may not align with what matters and should be considered for a more person-centred approach to independence. This study aimed to improve un…
Oxford World's Classics: Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics (Revised Edition)
The Aristotelian Ethics
What is "the mean relative to us" in Aristotle's Ethics
Rejetant l'interpretation individualiste de la definition de l'excellence de caractere en terme de moyen relatif a nous dans l'«Ethique a Nicomaque» (II, 6), l'A. montre que l'expression d'Aristote, et l'exemple de l'entraineur athletique qui l'illustre, doivent etre compris dans le sens d'un moyen relatif a nous en tant qu'etres humains, c'est-a-dire comme definissant la notion normative de nature humaine
Recollection and Experience
Innovation and Continuity
Prologue In Greek mythology, Zeus and the other Olympian deities were challenged in a mighty battle by the race of giants, a battle which, with the help of Herakles, the gods won. Unlike the earlier battle of the Titans, in which Zeus’s party defeated and supplanted their own forebears, the Titans, the Gigantomachia ended with the preservation of the old order in the face of the newcomers’ challenge. The battle of gods and giants forms the theme …
Plato and Aristotle
This chapter contains sections titled: Plato Aristotle
Glaucon’s Challenge, Rational Egoism and Ordinary Morality
In his inaugural lecture ‘Duty and interest ’ delivered in 1928,1 Prichard singled out for criticism a theme which, he believed, pervaded many ethical theories, both in ancient times and in his more immediate pre-decessors. Among philosophers, wrote Prichard, Plato is far from being alone in presupposing that an action, to be right, must be for the good or advantage of the agent (2002: 26). After spending a few sentences on Cook Wilson and Butler…
Pursuing the Good: Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato's Republic
Plato's Meno
Book Review| July 01 2008 Plato's Meno Dominic Scott, Plato's Meno. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. x + 238 pp. Lesley Brown Lesley Brown Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2008) 117 (3): 468–471. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-2008-011 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Lesley Brown; Plato's Meno. The Philosophical Revi…
The Sophist on Statements, Predication, and Falsehood
Of the later dialogues of Plato, the Sophists stand out. This article highlights the concept of sophist as propounded by Plato. A didactic approach runs through the text. Socrates harps on the relation between sophist, philosopher and a statesman. Are they three different or they are the same. The basic idea that Plato wants to convey is, both features highlight some of the key enigmas of the dialogue: What is the relation between the outer and m…
Definition and Division in Plato's Sophist
This chapter investigates the so-called method of division, purportedly used in the dialogue Sophist to give the essence of the sophist, i.e., of the sophistic art or expertise. The dialogue's enigma is that it offers not one but seven different definitions, all of them satirical or whimsical, and each purporting to be the account of what sophistry is. The chapter rejects readings on which each of these ‘definitions’, or just the final one — the …
Oxford World's Classics: Plato: Theaetetus
The 'Theaetetus' is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, acknowledged as one of Plato's finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a student, Theaetetus, it explores the key philosophical issue: what is knowledge? This edition combines the acclaimed translation by John McDowell with a valuable introduction and notes
Why Is Aristotle’s Virtue of Character a Mean? Taking Aristotle at His Word ( NE ii 6)
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the first and arguably most important treatise on ethics in Western philosophy. It remains to this day a compelling reflection on the best sort of human life and continues to inspire contemporary thought and debate. This Cambridge Companion includes twenty essays by leading scholars of Aristotle and ancient philosophy that cover the major issues of this text. The essays in this volume shed light on Aristotle's ri…
The Sophist on Statements, Predication, and Falsehood
Plato’s late dialogue, the Sophist , divides clearly into two very different parts. In the Outer Parts (216–236d; 264b9–end), the main speaker, a nameless visitor from Elea in Italy (hereafter ES, for Eleatic Stranger) embarks on a discourse ostensibly designed to say what a sophist is. Using the so-called Method of Division, the ES offers no fewer than seven accounts of what the sophist is. Interrupting the seventh attempt, the Middle Part (236d…
Reducing delayed transfer of care in older people: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to shorter hospital stays
Conceptualising Concepts in Greek Philosophy
Participation, autonomy and control are shared concepts within older people's interpretations of independence: A Qualitative Interview Study
To date, support for independence in older people has been largely focused on achieving practice- and policy-orientated goals such as maintenance of function, remaining in one's own home and reducing the impact of receiving care. Uncertainty about what independence means to older people means that these goals may not align with what matters and should be considered for a more person-centred approach to independence. This study aimed to improve un…
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