Dr. Stephen Oppong Peprah
Lecturer
Education
PhD Philosophy, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 2022
MPhil Classics, University of Cambridge, 2022
MPhil Classics, University of Ghana, 2016
B.A. (First Class Honours), Classics and Political Science, University of Ghana, 2012
Research Interest
History of Philosophy: Ancient (Greco-Roman) Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of
Anton Wilhelm Amo, Epistemology (Virtue Epistemology, Epistemic Injustice), Political Philosophy
and Ethics.
Publications
• “The Concept of Partnership in Book II of Plato’s Republic,” Polis: Journal of Ancient Greek
and Roman Political Thought, 41(2024): 275-303.
• “The Concept of Obligatio in Solidum: A Classical Study” (a book chapter in Moving Beyond
Solidarity in Global Health, co-authored with Peter, T. K. Grant, forthcoming)
• “The Epistemic Competence of the Philosopher-Rulers’ in Plato’s Republic,” Eirene: Studia
Graeca et Latina, 56, (2021): 117-147.
• “Re-examining the Compulsion Problem in Plato’s Republic,” Plato Journal, 22, (2021):177-
195.
• “Reinvestigating the Political Position of the Citizen in Plato’s Republic,” Studia
Philosophica Wratislavienisia, 14, (2019): 23-43
• “Active Citizenship: A Challenge to the Political Orthodoxy?" In Griffith, J. & Kusa, D.
(eds.), Demos vs. Polis? Essays on Civic Responsibility and Participation, Bratislava: Kritika
& Kontext, (2019): 102-115