Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective

This book offers an original, yet historically rooted, interpretation of ancient epistemology. The argumentation is controversial at times. For example, Gerson thinks the similarities between Aristotelian and Platonic epistemology are far greater than most would. He also interprets Plato as adhering to a Plotinian cognitive identity thesis. Gerson, to his credit, acknowledges the controversial nature of some of his claims (166), and points the reader to a variety of sources for further reading. Although the density of this book lends itself to obscurity at times, in the fi nal analysis it provides a valuable and well defended perspective of ancient epistemology.