Vasilis Politis

Plato's Essentialism (eBook, ePUB)

Reinterpreting the Theory of Forms

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Vasilis Politis argues that Plato's Forms are essences, not merely things that have an essence. Politis shows that understanding Plato's theory of Forms as a theory of essence presents a serious challenge to contemporary philosophers who regard essentialism as little more than an optional item on the philosophical menu. This approach, he suggests, also constitutes a sharp critique of those who view Aristotelian essentialism as the only sensible position: Plato's essentialism, Politis demonstrates, is a well-argued, rigorous, and coherent theory, and a viable competitor to that of Aristotle. This book will appeal to students and scholars with an interest in the intersection between philosophy and the history of philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108988537
• Artikelnr.: 66182949

Autorenporträt

Vasilis Politis is Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. He is author of numerous books, including The Structure of Enquiry in Plato's Early Dialogues (Cambridge, 2015) and The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy (with George Karamanolis, Cambridge, 2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Why Cannot the ti esti Question Be Answered by Example and Exemplar? Hippias Major; 2. Why Cannot Essences
or Forms
be Perceived by the Senses? Hippias Major. Phaedo. Republic; 3. Why are Essences
or Forms
Unitary
Uniform and Non-Composite? Why are they Changeless? Eternal? Are they Logically Independent of Each Other? Phaedo and Republic; 4. The Relation between Knowledge and Enquiry in the Phaedo; 5. Why are Essences
or Forms
Distinct from Sense-Perceptible Things? Phaedo 74 and Republic V. 478-479; 6. Why are Essences
or Forms
the Basis of all Causation and Explanation? Phaedo 95-105; 7. What is the Role of Essences
or Forms
in Judgements about Sense-Perceptible and Physical Things? Republic VII. 523-525; 8. Why does Thinking of Things Require Essences
or Forms? Parmenides; 9. Why are Essences
or Forms
Separate from Physical Things? Also Timaeus and Philebus; 10. What Yokes Together Mind and World? Phaedo 99-100 and Republic VI. 505-509; Conclusion: Forms Simply are Essences
not Things that have Essences.