Timothy Clarke (Assistant Profes Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Aristotle and the Eleatic One

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Produktbeschreibung

In the first book-length study of Aristotle's engagement with Eleatic monism, Timothy Clarke offers a detailed reconstruction and appraisal of Aristotle's criticisms of Eleatic monism, and uses these criticisms to work out how he understood the theory and the arguments given in its defence.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Aristotle Studies Series
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780198719700
• ISBN-10: 0198719701
• Artikelnr.: 55308961

Autorenporträt

Timothy Clarke is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Eleaticism and the Philosophy of Nature
2: The Refutation of Eleatic Monism
3: Problems of One and Many
4: Criticisms of Melissus' Argument
5: Parmenides' Argument for Monism
6: Resisting Parmenides' Argument
7: On Giving in to the Eleatics
8: Did Aristotle Change His Mind about Parmenides?
Conclusion
Appendix: Text and Translation of Physics 1.2-3