Masterhttps://hdl.handle.net/2077/32822024-03-19T01:46:01Z2024-03-19T01:46:01ZA new take on Plato’s Parmenides from the past: Translation of Porphyry’s Commentary on Plato’s ParmenidesVlachos, Dimitrioshttps://hdl.handle.net/2077/796002024-01-24T21:09:06Z2024-01-24T00:00:00ZA new take on Plato’s Parmenides from the past: Translation of Porphyry’s Commentary on Plato’s Parmenides
Vlachos, Dimitrios
In this paper, I am translating and commenting Porphyry’s commentary on one of the most difficult philosophical texts, namely, Plato’s Parmenides. I do not dare to even think of giving an answer to all the inquiries that the Parmenides text has brought
throughout the centuries. This Commentary on Plato’s Parmenides, attributed to Porphyry, could be seen as a guide to partially approach the original Platonic text. The Porphyrian commentary is known to the Academic community, but it has not been
studied that much in depth, and as far as I know, there is not an English translation so far, making it more difficult for English speakers to come into contact with this text. After providing a necessary background for the topics discussed in this text, which are connected with Plato’s Parmenides, I will translate the text into English, and I will make some comments (or questions) about it, with the hope that more people will follow my lead.
2024-01-24T00:00:00ZSENSORY ECOLOGY: Hearing viriditas in the writings of Hildegard of BingenPersson Schäring, Jessicahttps://hdl.handle.net/2077/788062023-10-13T20:03:49Z2023-10-13T00:00:00ZSENSORY ECOLOGY: Hearing viriditas in the writings of Hildegard of Bingen
Persson Schäring, Jessica
Human intrusion into the environment have resulted in heightened levels of anthropogenic noise, which studies have shown, have lasting effects on plant diversity. Embodied hearing experiences that are presented by historical accounts, can broaden the reach of inquiries that arise within the research of noise and its effects, and serve as a corrective measure to the limited biophysical perspectives we have today. This study explores Hildegard of Bingen’s (1098-1179) sensory ecology, audial awareness, and viriditas. What are the insights that can be derived from Hildegard’s viewpoint regarding her posits on listening, sound-noise, and the non-human world? This study analyses the correlation between Hildegard’s auditory conjectures on humans and plant hearing, situating it within the broader framework of sensory ecology. Analysis of Scivias, Causa et Curae, and Hildegard’s Epistolarum, was carried out with the aim of identifying excerpts that showcase her innate understanding of anthropogenic noice pollution and hearing. Subsequently, a textual analysis methodology was employed to examine the chosen excerpts. According to the analysis conducted, Hildegard’s work demonstrates that humans are subject for inner discernment. Listening reveals “other worlds. ” Her causative experiences of God, humans, and non-humans imply that hearing provides knowledge of environmental events beyond auditory stimuli.
Degree Project 2
2023-10-13T00:00:00ZECOLOGICAL THEOLOGY: The sense of hearing in the writings of Hildegard of BingenPersson Schäring, Jessicahttps://hdl.handle.net/2077/788052023-10-13T20:06:18Z2023-10-13T00:00:00ZECOLOGICAL THEOLOGY: The sense of hearing in the writings of Hildegard of Bingen
Persson Schäring, Jessica
There is an ecological crisis swiftly approaching and manifesting within us, and
in a time when the narratives we live by have become untenable, it asserts a
specific role for scholars and scientists: to reassess and cast new light on
traditional knowledge. The purpose of this research is to investigate Hildegard
of Bingen’s (1098-1179) perspective on the phenomenology and psychophysics
of her impositions on hearing and ears. To what extent does it pertain to/or
achieve ecological wisdom? This study analyses the correlation between
Hildegard’s auditory conjectures in her natural philosophy and situating it within
the broader framework of ecological theology. An analysis of the opus was
carried out with the aim of identifying excerpts that showcase her innate
philosophy. Subsequently, a textual analysis methodology was employed to
examine the chosen excerpts. According to the analysis conducted, Hildegard’s
work demonstrates that her ability to perceive sounds and voices inspired her to
compose a systematic method of theological instruction. According to her, our
ideas and actions, i.e., inner listening in relation to voice, which all bodies have,
shape us and others, and shows a deep connection to plants and the non-human
world. Hildegard’s teachings centred on contemplation and her ecological
wisdom is essentially concerned with ethical behaviour; encouraging ecological
justice.
Degree Project 1
2023-10-13T00:00:00ZEcho Chambers and Collective Epistemic ViceJensen, Amandahttps://hdl.handle.net/2077/784772023-10-06T11:27:07Z2023-09-06T00:00:00ZEcho Chambers and Collective Epistemic Vice
Jensen, Amanda
Echo chambers are a recently popularised subject for discussion in terms of their presenting or not presenting an epistemic problem. One common assumption about echo chambers is that they are bad for the overall epistemic climate. Also in recent upswing in popularity is the discussion of epistemic vices, which attempts to explain some types of epistemically bad or problematic phenomena in terms of flaws in epistemic character. A recent account by C. Thi Nguyen argues that echo chambers are self- isolating epistemic structures that sustain their epistemic isolation through epistemically unwarranted mechanisms that give increased credibility to the testimony of in-group-members and decreased credibility to that from outside the group. This does not mean that the members adhering to this behaviour are necessarily epistemically vicious, however, but that the socioepistemic structure itself is. In this work, I aim to make clear whether the interpretation of echo chambers as collectively but not individually epistemically vicious is viable through the lens of a responsibilist perspective on collective epistemic vice. I do this through setting up desiderata that a theory of collective epistemic vice would optimally meet in order to explain echo chambers as collectively epistemically vicious and then evaluating extant accounts of collective epistemic vice and some on collective virtue against these. No account analysed is a perfect fit, but the evaluation I give of these might present an indication of what to take into account going forward. Elsewise, if one is so inclined, the present theoretical inability to explain echo chambers in this way might constitute a reason to examine whether echo chambers might be better explained in terms of individual epistemic vice, or to pursue other avenues of explanation altogether.
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