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September 30, 2025Open Access

On the Meaning of Inapprehensibility in Academic Argument*

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The paper illustrates how existing epistemological frameworks misinterpret the concept of inapprehensibility.
It highlights that Stoicism's view of apprehension fails to encompass deeper ontological implications.
This analysis reinforces the idea that the Academic critique of Stoicism addresses not just epistemology but also ontology.
The findings indicate a need to rethink standard interpretations of inapprehensibility within philosophical discourse.

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper maintains that the standard epistemological reconstructions of Academic argument against Stoic apprehension distort the meaning of “inapprehensibility” (ἀκαταληψία) and “the suspension of assent about all things” (ἐποχὴ πɛρὶ πάντων). The paper therefore defends the few traces in recent scholarship of the ontological specifications of inapprehensibility and the suspension of assent. This paper’s purpose is to reinforce the view that the Academy’s attack on Stoicism extended to the latter’s ontological commitments.

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