Description: Concepts are basic features of rationality. Debates surrounding them have been central to the study of philosophy in the medieval and modern periods, as well as in the analytical and Continental traditions. This book studies ancient Greek approaches to the various notions of concept, exploring the early history of conceptual theory and its associated philosophical debates from the end of the archaic age to the end of antiquity. When and how did the notion of concept emerge and evolve, what questions were raised by ancient philosophers in the Greco-Roman tradition about concepts, and what were the theoretical presuppositions that made the emergence of a notion of concept possible? The volume furthers our own contemporary understanding of the nature of concepts, concept formation, and concept use. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
Brief description: GÁBOR BETEGH is the Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Christ's College. He is the author of The Derveni Papyrus: Cosmology, Theology and Interpretation (Cambridge, 2004) and co-editor of Cicero's De Finibus: Philosophical Approaches (with J. Annas) (Cambridge, 2015).