Author | Blackson, Thomas A. author |
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Title | Inquiry, Forms, and Substances [electronic resource] : A Study in Plato's Metaphysics and Epistemology / by Thomas A. Blackson |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1995 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0281-0 |
Descript | VIII, 229 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- i. Introductory remarks -- ii. Assumptions -- iii. Organization -- iv. Socrates's influence -- v. Plato's tribute to Socrates -- vi. Philosophers against lovers of spectacles -- vii. Heraclitean flux -- viii. Forms and the four kinds of stuff -- ix. Plato's place in history -- 2. Plato's Tribute to Socrates -- i. Introductory remarks -- ii. Socrates's โWhat is F?โ question -- iii. A new method of inquiry -- iv. Against Vlastos -- v. Against Annas -- vi. The Forms exist in a third realm -- vii. Forms and Recollection -- viii. Against Penner -- 3. Philosophers Against Lovers of Spectacles -- i. Introductory remarks -- ii. The Socratic challenge -- iii. An argument from knowledge -- iv. The lover of spectacles -- v. Against Owen -- vi. Against Vlastos -- vii. Against Irwin -- 4. Heraclitean Flux -- i. Introductory remarks -- ii. The Aristotelian explanation -- iii. Careless assimilation -- iv. Heraclitus and Protagoras -- v. Two mistakes -- vi. Forms are not โinโ sensibles -- vii. Against traditional interpretations -- 5. Forms and the Four Kinds of Stuff -- i. Introductory remarks -- ii. Eternal Forms versus transitory sensibles -- iii. Starting-points in ontology -- iv. Against Cherniss -- v. Against Cornford -- vi. Against other interpretations -- vii. Against Frede -- 6. Conclusion -- i. Introductory remarks -- ii. The received wisdom -- iii. The development of Plato's thought -- iv. Aristotle on Plato -- v. Illuminating a perplexing passage -- vi. Plato's conception of reality -- Notes