Papers by John Sisko
According to current interpretations of Parmenides, he either embraces a token-monism of things, ... more According to current interpretations of Parmenides, he either embraces a token-monism of things, or a type-monism of the nature of each kind of thing, or a generous monism, accepting a token-monism of things of a specific type, necessary being. These interpretations share a common flaw: they fail to secure commensurability between Parmenides' alētheia and doxa. We effect this by arguing that Parmenides champions a metaphysically refined form of material monism, a type-monism of things; that light and night are allomorphs of what-is (to eon); and that the key features of what-is are entailed by the theory of material monism.
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Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy , 2013
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Apeiron 42, n.2 , 2009
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Ancient Philosophy, Jan 1, 2010
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Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy v.16 , 2000
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Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, Jan 1, 1999
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Philosophy Compass, 2010
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Phronesis, Jan 1, 1996
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Hermathena v.180, 2006
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Classical Quarterly 53.1, 2003
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Apeiron, Jan 1, 2011
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Jan 1, 1998
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The Classical Quarterly, Jan 1, 1997
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Mind, Jan 1, 2004
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Ancient Philosophy, 2020
This engaging work stands at the apex of a shared scholarly project that, in one respect, has bee... more This engaging work stands at the apex of a shared scholarly project that, in one respect, has been forty years in the making. The project, in Harriman's own words, is to 'give an oft-maligned philosopher his rightful due': to pull Melissus out from under the cloud of Elea and assess his arguments and philosophical contributions on their own merits (x). The project had been heralded by Jonathan Barnes four decades ago with the wholly justified affirmation that the old slander according to which 'Melissus echoes his master's voice; only his errors are his own' is 'false to the core' (Barnes 1979, 5). Consequent to Barnes' declaration, and throughout the intervening years, scholars have made useful advances, but improvement in our understanding of Melissus has been piecemeal. In a few fistfuls of essays, articles, and chapters, progress had been made concerning specific arguments and theses, yet, before Harriman, no comprehensive and thematically unified study of Melissus' philosophy had been published. In this, the first, English monograph on Melissus, Harriman takes a deep dive and offers a thorough treatment of Melissus' fragments and arguments: he offers a unified and comprehensive study. The work is a great success. Harriman brings deep philological acumen and vibrant philosophical insight to the enterprise. There can be no doubt that, with this monograph, Harriman advances the field of Melissus studies by a leap or, perhaps, even by a leap and a bound.
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Everything in Everything: Anaxagoras' Metaphysics, 2017
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