| Title | What is up to us? Studies on Agency and Responsibility in Ancient Philosophy |
| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2014 |
| Publication Place | Sankt Augustin |
| Publisher | Academia Verlag |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Destrée, Pierre , Zingano, Marco |
| Translator(s) |
| The problem of responsibility in moral philosophy has been lively debated in the last decades, especially since the publication of Harry Frankfurt's seminal paper, 'Alternate possibilities and moral responsibility' (1969). Compatibilists - also known as 'soft' determinists - and, on the other side, incompatibilists - libertarians and 'hard' determinists - are the main contenders in this major academic controversy. The debate goes back to Antiquity. After Aristotle, compatibilists, and especially the Stoics, debated this issue with the incompatibilists, notably Epicurus (though his classification as an incompatibilist has been disputed in modern scholarship), Alexander of Aphrodisias and Plutarch. The problem debated at that time and the problem debated nowadays are fundamentally the same, even though the terms and the concepts evolved over the centuries. In Antiquity, the central notion was that of 'what is up to us', or 'what depends on us'. The present volume brings together twenty contributions devoted to examining the problem of moral responsibility as it arises in Antiquity in direct connection with the concept of what is up to us - to eph' hêmin, in Greek, or in nostra potestate and in nobis, in its Latin counterparts, aiming to promote classical scholarship, and to shed some light on the contemporary issues as well. With contributions by Marcelo D. Boeri, Mauro Bonazzi, Susanne Bobzien, Pierre Destrée, Javier Echeñique, Dorothea Frede, Michael Frede, Lloyd P. Gerson, Laura Liliana Gómez, Jean-Baptiste Gourinat, Christoph Horn, Monte Ransom Johnson, Stefano Maso, Susan Sauvé Meyer, Pierre-Marie Morel, Ricardo Salles, Carlos Steel, Daniela Patrizia Taormina, Emmanuele Vimercati, Katja Maria Vogt, Christian Wildberg and Marco Zingano. [official abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/WCz3sdLMsMTkFmE |
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| Title | The Will and its Freedom: Epictetus and Simplicius on what is up to us |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2014 |
| Published in | What is up to us? Studies on Agency and Responsibility in Ancient Philosophy |
| Pages | 329-350 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Wildberg, Christian |
| Editor(s) | Destrée, Pierre , Zingano, Marco |
| Translator(s) |
| The text explores the historical development of the concept of free will, drawing parallels with the evolution of understanding projectile motion. Three distinct periods are identified: an initial stage marked by a misunderstanding of projectile motion, where objects were thought to require continuous external motion; a second stage where the concept of "impetus" was introduced to explain forced motion at a distance; and a final stage, ushered in by Galileo, Descartes, and Newton, where the correct understanding of inertia emerged. The discovery of free will is compared to the discovery of the will as a distinct human faculty in late antiquity. Similar to the concept of impetus, the will is depicted as capable of being strong or weak and has significant influence over human actions. The philosophical discussion surrounding free will is likened to the debates on projectile motion, with various perspectives on its existence and nature. Some argue for the existence of free will, while others contend that it is unnecessary and incoherent. The text concludes by pointing out the need for a deeper understanding of the historical context and metaphysical assumptions underlying the concept of free will. It suggests that the concept of free will is a remnant of past intellectual certainty about metaphysical truths and may not be as morally neutral as commonly believed. The modern discussion on free will is encouraged to consider its historical development and potential implications more carefully. [introduction] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/mOZ7OMN3pKwTAfd |
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| Title | Ancient Perspectives on Aristotle's De anima |
| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2009 |
| Publication Place | Leuven |
| Publisher | Leuven University Press |
| Series | De Wulf-Mansion Centre, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy |
| Volume | I 41 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Destrée, Pierre , Van Riel, Gerd , Crawford, Cyril K. , Van Campe, Leen |
| Translator(s) |
| Aristotle's treatise "On the Soul" figures among the most influential texts in the intellectual history of the West. It is the first systematic treatise on the nature and functioning of the human soul, presenting Aristotle's authoritative analyses of, among others, sense perception, imagination, memory, and intellect. The ongoing debates on this difficult work continue the commentary tradition that dates back to antiquity. This volume offers a selection of papers by distinguished scholars, exploring the ancient perspectives on Aristotle's "De anima", from Aristotle's earliest successors through the Aristotelian Commentators at the end of Antiquity. It constitutes a twin publication with a volume entitled "Medieval Perspectives on Aristotle's "De anima"" [offical abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/1vWVivBFKYUW50b |
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| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2009 |
| Publication Place | Leuven |
| Publisher | Leuven University Press |
| Series | De Wulf-Mansion Centre, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy |
| Volume | I 41 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Destrée, Pierre , Van Riel, Gerd , Crawford, Cyril K. , Van Campe, Leen |
| Translator(s) |
Aristotle's treatise "On the Soul" figures among the most influential texts in the intellectual history of the West. It is the first systematic treatise on the nature and functioning of the human soul, presenting Aristotle's authoritative analyses of, among others, sense perception, imagination, memory, and intellect. The ongoing debates on this difficult work continue the commentary tradition that dates back to antiquity. This volume offers a selection of papers by distinguished scholars, exploring the ancient perspectives on Aristotle's "De anima", from Aristotle's earliest successors through the Aristotelian Commentators at the end of Antiquity. It constitutes a twin publication with a volume entitled "Medieval Perspectives on Aristotle's "De anima"" [offical abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/1vWVivBFKYUW50b |
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| Title | The Will and its Freedom: Epictetus and Simplicius on what is up to us |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2014 |
| Published in | What is up to us? Studies on Agency and Responsibility in Ancient Philosophy |
| Pages | 329-350 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Wildberg, Christian |
| Editor(s) | Destrée, Pierre , Zingano, Marco |
| Translator(s) |
The text explores the historical development of the concept of free will, drawing parallels with the evolution of understanding projectile motion. Three distinct periods are identified: an initial stage marked by a misunderstanding of projectile motion, where objects were thought to require continuous external motion; a second stage where the concept of "impetus" was introduced to explain forced motion at a distance; and a final stage, ushered in by Galileo, Descartes, and Newton, where the correct understanding of inertia emerged. The discovery of free will is compared to the discovery of the will as a distinct human faculty in late antiquity. Similar to the concept of impetus, the will is depicted as capable of being strong or weak and has significant influence over human actions. The philosophical discussion surrounding free will is likened to the debates on projectile motion, with various perspectives on its existence and nature. Some argue for the existence of free will, while others contend that it is unnecessary and incoherent. The text concludes by pointing out the need for a deeper understanding of the historical context and metaphysical assumptions underlying the concept of free will. It suggests that the concept of free will is a remnant of past intellectual certainty about metaphysical truths and may not be as morally neutral as commonly believed. The modern discussion on free will is encouraged to consider its historical development and potential implications more carefully. [introduction] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/mOZ7OMN3pKwTAfd |
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| Title | What is up to us? Studies on Agency and Responsibility in Ancient Philosophy |
| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2014 |
| Publication Place | Sankt Augustin |
| Publisher | Academia Verlag |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Destrée, Pierre , Zingano, Marco |
| Translator(s) |
The problem of responsibility in moral philosophy has been lively debated in the last decades, especially since the publication of Harry Frankfurt's seminal paper, 'Alternate possibilities and moral responsibility' (1969). Compatibilists - also known as 'soft' determinists - and, on the other side, incompatibilists - libertarians and 'hard' determinists - are the main contenders in this major academic controversy. The debate goes back to Antiquity. After Aristotle, compatibilists, and especially the Stoics, debated this issue with the incompatibilists, notably Epicurus (though his classification as an incompatibilist has been disputed in modern scholarship), Alexander of Aphrodisias and Plutarch. The problem debated at that time and the problem debated nowadays are fundamentally the same, even though the terms and the concepts evolved over the centuries. In Antiquity, the central notion was that of 'what is up to us', or 'what depends on us'. The present volume brings together twenty contributions devoted to examining the problem of moral responsibility as it arises in Antiquity in direct connection with the concept of what is up to us - to eph' hêmin, in Greek, or in nostra potestate and in nobis, in its Latin counterparts, aiming to promote classical scholarship, and to shed some light on the contemporary issues as well. With contributions by Marcelo D. Boeri, Mauro Bonazzi, Susanne Bobzien, Pierre Destrée, Javier Echeñique, Dorothea Frede, Michael Frede, Lloyd P. Gerson, Laura Liliana Gómez, Jean-Baptiste Gourinat, Christoph Horn, Monte Ransom Johnson, Stefano Maso, Susan Sauvé Meyer, Pierre-Marie Morel, Ricardo Salles, Carlos Steel, Daniela Patrizia Taormina, Emmanuele Vimercati, Katja Maria Vogt, Christian Wildberg and Marco Zingano. [official abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/WCz3sdLMsMTkFmE |
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