The Stoic Sage Does not Err: An Error?

Symposion. Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences (forthcoming)
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Scott Aikin ABSTRACT: The Stoics held that the wise person does not err. This thesis was widely criticized in the ancient world and runs afoul of contemporary fallibilist views in epistemology. Was this view itself an error? On one line, the view can be modified to accommodate many of the critical lines against it. Some …

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