Plato on the Self-Predication of Forms Early and Middle Dialogues

Name: Plato on the Self-Predication of Forms Early and Middle Dialogues
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ISBN: 9780198239062

ISBN-10: 0198239068

ISBN-13: 9780198239062

Edition: 1991

Authors: John Malcolm

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In this book, Malcolm presents a new and radical interpretation of Plato's earlier dialogues. He argues that the few cases of self-predication contained therein are acceptable simply as statements concerning universals, and that therefore Plato is not vulnerable in these cases to the Third Man Argument. In considering the middle dialogues, Malcolm takes a conservative stance, rejecting influential current doctrines which portray the Forms as being not self-predicative. He shows that the middle dialogues do indeed take Forms to be both universals and paradigms, and thus to exemplify themselves. The author goes on to consider why Plato should have been unsuccessful in avoiding…

Book details

List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/15/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 238
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.82" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Extent of Self-Predication in the Earlier Dialogues



Self-Predication in the Hippias Major and the Protagoras



The Third Man



The Middle-Dialogue Forms Are Universals



The Rejection of the Doctrine That the Form is Not an F Thing



The Form as an F Thing Non-Univocally with the Empirical F Particulars



The Form as an F Thing Univocally with the Empirical F Particulars



Logico-Linguistic Error as the Genesis of the Paradigm Case



Three More Likely Sources for the Paradigm Case



The Failure to Distinguish the Universal from the Paradigm Case


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Subject Index


Index of Names


Index Locorum