Plato's Introduction of Forms

AvR. M. Dancy

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Scholars of Plato are divided between those who emphasize the literature of the dialogues and those who emphasize the argument of the dialogues, and between those who see a development in the thought of the dialogues and those who do not. In this important book Russell Dancy focuses on the arguments and defends a developmental picture. He explains the Theory of Forms of the Phaedo and Symposium as an outgrowth of the quest for definitions canvassed in the Socratic dialogues, by constructing a Theory of Definition for the Socratic dialogues based on the refutations of definitions in those dialogues, and showing how that theory is mirrored in the Theory of Forms. His discussion, notable for both its clarity and its meticulous scholarship, ranges in detail over a number of Plato's early and middle dialogues, and will be of interest to readers in Plato studies and in ancient philosophy more generally.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-21
Mått:151 x 228 x 22 mm
Vikt:548 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:364
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521037181

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Mer om författaren

R. M. Dancy is Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of Sense and Contradiction: A Study in Aristotle (1977) and Two Studies in the Early Academy (1991) and editor of Kant and Critique (1993).

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'Russell Dancy presents a very thorough and detailed analysis of many arguments in the so-called Socratic dialogues … This book provides meticulous scholarship and informed philosophical analysis of the many key texts in Plato which form his theme. Dancy will serve as a sure guide to all who engage with the details of his themes. He states and defends his claims with commendable clarity.' British Journal for the History of Philosophy

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Note on the text; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. A Socratic Theory of Definition: 2. Socrates' demand for definitions; 3. Fixing the topic; 4. Socrates' requirements: substitutivity; 5. Socrates' requirements: paradigms; 6. Socrates' requirements: explanations; 7. Socrates' requirements: explaining by paradigms; 8. Explaining: presence, participation; the Lysis; Part II. Between Definitions and Forms: 9. The Meno; Part III. Platonic Forms: 10. Phaedo 64–66: enter the forms; 11. Phaedo 72–78: the forms and recollection; 12. The beautiful in the Symposium; 13. Phaedo 95a–107b: forms and causes; 14. Conclusion; References; Index of passages cited; General index.