Pieter Sjoerd Hasper
Biographic Data
| ID | 5803061 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pieter Sjoerd Hasper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pieter Sjoerd |
| FAMILY NAME | Hasper |
| SIGNATURE | HASPER P S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8168-9641 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ancient Epistemology
Leucippus and Democritus
Between Perception and Scientific Knowledge
Scholars have struggled to understand how Aristotle's remarks on experience can be made consistent. On the one hand, there is strong evidence that experience is knowledge of general facts, including logically universal ones (facts of the form ‘All Fs are G’). On the other hand, Aristotle claims that art and science, unlike experience, are knowledge of universals, and that experience is knowledge of particulars. This chapter argues that, in making…
Fallacious Arguments in Ancient Philosophy
The central aim of this volume is to foster a new understanding of Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations and thereby to enrich our knowledge of the beginnings of logical analysis. An important service for the scientific community to support this aim is the edition of a new translation of Aristotle’s work into English. The contributions discussing the original work were inspired by a onference in 2009 in Berlin which was the first one exclusively de…
Being Clear About the Explanation
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Aristotle, Sophistical Refutations 24, 179b17–26
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Aristotle's Diagnosis of Atomism
With regard to the contradiction with the mathematical sciences, one should think of arguments like those offered in the small treatise de Linas Insecabilibus, which appears in the corpus Aristotelicum, but which is usually taken not to be written by Aristotle himself. In this treatise it is shown that the assumption that there are indivisible lines is in conflict with 'the things proved and laid down in mathematics', among them the firmly establ…
Zeno Unlimited
When it comes to Zeno’s paradoxes, it is difficult to distinguish interpretation from attempts at solving them. How to make sense of arguments which are deliberately paradoxical and thus challenge the basics of common sense, without finding out what is wrong with them? This interplay between historical interpretation and philosophical analysis is often fruitful enough, sharpening our view of what is going on in the arguments under consideration. …
Sources of Delusion in Analytica Posteriora 1.5
Aristotle's philosophically most explicit and sophisticated account of the concept of a (primary-)universal proof is found, not in Analytica Posteriora 1.4, where he introduces the notion, but in 1.5. In 1.4 Aristotle merely says that a universal proof must be of something arbitrary as well as of something primary and seems to explain primacy in extensional terms, as concerning the largest possible domain. In 1.5 Aristotle improves upon this acco…
The foundations of presocratic atomism
Why should one believe in the existence of atoms? Nowadays we are inclined to think that only explanatory considerations could justify such a belief; atoms are entities posited in order to explain the phenomena, such as the qualities and changes of visible objects. Of course, such explanations are part and parcel of Presocratic atomism as well, for example where Democritus ascribes certain shapes and sizes to the atoms involved in fire, the soul,…
Sources of Delusion in Analytica Posteriora 1.5
Aristotle's philosophically most explicit and sophisticated account of the concept of a (primary-)universal proof is found, not in Analytica Posteriora 1.4, where he introduces the notion, but in 1.5. In 1.4 Aristotle merely says that a universal proof must be of something arbitrary as well as of something primary and seems to explain primacy in extensional terms, as concerning the largest possible domain. In 1.5 Aristotle improves upon this acco…
The foundations of presocratic atomism
Why should one believe in the existence of atoms? Nowadays we are inclined to think that only explanatory considerations could justify such a belief; atoms are entities posited in order to explain the phenomena, such as the qualities and changes of visible objects. Of course, such explanations are part and parcel of Presocratic atomism as well, for example where Democritus ascribes certain shapes and sizes to the atoms involved in fire, the soul,…
Aristotle's Diagnosis of Atomism
With regard to the contradiction with the mathematical sciences, one should think of arguments like those offered in the small treatise de Linas Insecabilibus, which appears in the corpus Aristotelicum, but which is usually taken not to be written by Aristotle himself. In this treatise it is shown that the assumption that there are indivisible lines is in conflict with 'the things proved and laid down in mathematics', among them the firmly establ…
Zeno Unlimited
When it comes to Zeno’s paradoxes, it is difficult to distinguish interpretation from attempts at solving them. How to make sense of arguments which are deliberately paradoxical and thus challenge the basics of common sense, without finding out what is wrong with them? This interplay between historical interpretation and philosophical analysis is often fruitful enough, sharpening our view of what is going on in the arguments under consideration. …
Sources of Delusion in Analytica Posteriora 1.5
Aristotle's philosophically most explicit and sophisticated account of the concept of a (primary-)universal proof is found, not in Analytica Posteriora 1.4, where he introduces the notion, but in 1.5. In 1.4 Aristotle merely says that a universal proof must be of something arbitrary as well as of something primary and seems to explain primacy in extensional terms, as concerning the largest possible domain. In 1.5 Aristotle improves upon this acco…
Aristotle, Sophistical Refutations 24, 179b17–26
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Being Clear About the Explanation
An abstract 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
Fallacious Arguments in Ancient Philosophy
The central aim of this volume is to foster a new understanding of Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations and thereby to enrich our knowledge of the beginnings of logical analysis. An important service for the scientific community to support this aim is the edition of a new translation of Aristotle’s work into English. The contributions discussing the original work were inspired by a onference in 2009 in Berlin which was the first one exclusively de…
Between Perception and Scientific Knowledge
Scholars have struggled to understand how Aristotle's remarks on experience can be made consistent. On the one hand, there is strong evidence that experience is knowledge of general facts, including logically universal ones (facts of the form ‘All Fs are G’). On the other hand, Aristotle claims that art and science, unlike experience, are knowledge of universals, and that experience is knowledge of particulars. This chapter argues that, in making…
Leucippus and Democritus
Ancient Epistemology
Classical Philosophy and Thought (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Atomism (2 works) · Computer network (2 works)