Forms and Concepts - Helmig, Christoph
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Forms and Concepts is the first comprehensive study of the central role of concepts and concept acquisition in the Platonic tradition. It sets up a stimulating dialogue between Platoâ??s innatist approach and Aristotleâ??s much more empirical response. The primary aim is to analyze and assess the strategies with which Platonists responded to Aristotleâ??s (and Alexander of Aphrodisiasâ??) rival theory. The monograph culminates in a careful reconstruction of the elaborate attempt undertaken by the Neoplatonist Proclus (6th century AD) to devise a systematic Platonic theory of concept acquisition.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Forms and Concepts is the first comprehensive study of the central role of concepts and concept acquisition in the Platonic tradition. It sets up a stimulating dialogue between Platoâ??s innatist approach and Aristotleâ??s much more empirical response. The primary aim is to analyze and assess the strategies with which Platonists responded to Aristotleâ??s (and Alexander of Aphrodisiasâ??) rival theory. The monograph culminates in a careful reconstruction of the elaborate attempt undertaken by the Neoplatonist Proclus (6th century AD) to devise a systematic Platonic theory of concept acquisition.
Autorenporträt
Christoph Helmig, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
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"It is books like this one that are, in my opinion, revitalizing the study of the major works of the canon of ancient philosophy."
Lloyd Gerson in: BMCR 2013.05.19