Prolepsis y justicia en el epicureísmo
The influential 19th century philosophical historiography did not recognize in Epicureanism a political philosophy worthy of study. Based on an analysis of the Principal Doctrines and texts of Hermarchus, Polystratus and Lucretius, this paper aims to show that Epicureans developed a relevant political theory that connected two traditions: the Ionian naturalism and the Socratic reformulation of philosophy as the only true politics. In the establishment of justice through covenants and its continuity in the language through the prolepsis of what is just, they saw a finding that offered man the required security to satisfy his necessary natural desires and his survival.
Prolepsis and Ennoia in the Early Stoa
This book offers a reconstruction of the early Stoic doctrine of prolepsis, revealing it to be much closer to Platonic recollection in certain respects than previously thought. The standard interpretation of prolepsis as preconceptions is inconsistent with their status as criteria of truth. Rather, prolepsis is a form of tacit knowledge that requires articulation and systematization. This reconstruction is supported by a comprehensive collection of texts relating to prolepsis from Epicurus to Alexander of Aphrodisias.
An Essay on the Nature and Significance of the Normative Nature of Economics
It is conventional in economics to distinguish between the normative and the positive. The normative has to do with goodness and badness, and with what ought and ought not to be done;1 and the positive has to do with objective description and/or explanation, with what is and with what is necessary given some normative end. The normative has to do with desirability; the positive has to do with truth (in the sense of either descriptive accuracy or serviceability of a means to a given end).2