Vasilis Politis

Vasilis Politis
Born (1963-05-20) May 20, 1963 (age 61)
Athens, Greece
Alma materOxford University
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAncient philosophy
InstitutionsTrinity College Dublin
ThesisPure altruism : its possibility and value (1994)
Main interests
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Neokantianism

Vasilis Politis (born May 20, 1963) is a Greek philosopher and associate professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. He is known for his expertise on Plato and Aristotle.[1][2][3] Politis is a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2009–10) and Trinity College Dublin (2005) and director of the Dublin Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition.

Books

  • The Structure of Enquiry in Plato’s Early Dialogues, CUP 2015
  • Aristotle and the Metaphysics, Routledge 2004

Edited

  • The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy, co-edited with George Karamanolis, CUP 2016
  • Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Everyman 1993

References

  1. ^ Stavrianeas, Stasinos V. (2007). "The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics - By Vasilis Politis". Philosophical Books. 48 (1): 71–73. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.2007.432_1.x. ISSN 1468-0149.
  2. ^ Long, Alex (27 August 2015). "Review of The Structure of Enquiry in Plato's Early Dialogues". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
  3. ^ Gill, Mary Louise (2005). "Reviewed Work: Aristotle and the Metaphysics by Vasilis Politis". Mind. 114 (455): 760–764. doi:10.1093/mind/fzi760. JSTOR 3489027.


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