Abstract: Heraclitus often treated as an epistemic optimist, promising a route to understanding through the proper understanding of (his) logos. And yet there is very little in Heraclitus’ fragments which indicates or explains the route to that success. In fact, I argue, there is a strong case for understanding Heraclitus as presenting a much more limited promise of qualified epistemic achievement for humans.
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy Convenors: Ursula Coope, Alexander Bown and Marion Durand.
