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About the Author
Dominic Scott is currently Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a Tutor at Lady Margaret Hall. He was awarded a PhD in Classics from the University of Cambridge in 1988 and taught there in the Faculty of Philosophy and Clare College until 2007. Since then has been at the University of Virginia, and has taught ethics and politics at the University of Kent. He has also held visiting positions at Oxford, Princeton and Harvard. From 2001 to 2003 he was a British Academy Research Reader. He has lectured extensively: in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. He has also done a great deal of work bringing philosophy into the public arena, working with government, civil service and business, and has co-authored a report on the worldwide state of the humanities.
Reviews
Scott's analysis helps bring important questions about Aristotle's method into sharp focus; he assesses the evidence judiciously, and defends plausible positions in a way that allows the reader to make up her own mind. In terms of style, Dominic Scott is perhaps the most elegant writer working on ancient philosophy today.Levels of Argument sets a new benchmark for scholarship. It is one of the most original and thought-provoking works of ancient philosophy to appear in recent years. Like the works it studies, it rewards reading and re-reading, and will become a standard critical work for any serious student of ancient philosophy. * Karen Margrethe Nielsen, Mind *
This book is without question a valuable contribution to our study of the Republic and Nicomachean Ethics. The carefulness and reasonableness with which Scott approaches the text inspire much confidence . . . this methodologically innovative study on a well-chosen topic really does manage to let fresh air into our perennial reading of the Republic and Nicomachean Ethics. * Samuel H. Baker, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198801610
Author Dominic Scott
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 316g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 141mm * 14mm