On Ideas Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms

Name: On Ideas Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms
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ISBN: 9780198239499

ISBN-10: 0198239491

ISBN-13: 9780198239499

Edition: 1993

Authors: Gail Fine

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The Peri ide^on (On Ideas) is the only work in which Aristotle systematically sets out and criticizes arguments for the existence of Platonic forms. Gail Fine presents the first full-length treatment in English of this important but neglected work. She asks how, and how well, Aristotle understands Plato's theory of forms, and why and with what justification he favors an alternative metaphysical scheme. She examines the significance of the Peri ide^on for some central questions about Plato's theory of forms--whether, for example, there are forms corresponding to every property or only to some, and if only to some, then to which ones; whether forms are universals, particulars or both; and…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.56" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.914
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations


Text and Translation


Introduction


Evidence, Provenance, and Chronology


Platonic Questions


The Arguments from the Sciences: Forms and Knowledge


Forms of Artefacts


Plato and the Arguments from the Sciences


The One Over Many Argument: Forms and Predication


The Object of Thought Argument: Forms and Thought


The Argument from Relatives


Conclusion


Completeness and Compresence: Owen on the Argument from Relatives


Kath' Hauto and Pros Ti


Aristotle's Objections to the Argument from Relatives


The Accurate One over Many Argument


Third Man Arguments


Is Plato Vulnerable to the Third Man Argument?


Notes


Bibliography of Works Cited


Index Locorum


Index Nominum


General Index