The self-predication assumption in Plato / David Apolloni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Apolloni, David, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Form (Philosophy).

Categories (Philosophy).

Plato. Phaedo.

Parmenides.

Plato. Sophist.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 261 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2011]

Summary:

Plato believes in the existence of Forms-eternal models or exemplars of which objects in our world in time and space are copies, and his Theory of Forms lies at the center of his philosophy. But according to the common wisdom, Plato raised the Third Man objection against his own Theory of Forms in the Parmenides. According to this objection, each Form is supposed to have the very characteristic it is supposed to be (called by the scholars "The Self-Predication Argument"), and this leads to an infinite regress of each Form (the Third Man Argument). This book defends the view that a mysterious plural phrase at Phaedo 74 shows that the Self-Predication Assumption is both plausible and leads to no infinite regress of Forms. The Self-Predication Assumption in Plato is an essential resource for scholars, specialists, and students with an interest in ancient philosophy and classics. Book jacket.

Contents:

The argument from equal sticks and stones in the Phaedo

The argument from relative terms

Eponymy and being in the Phaedo and the Sophist

Young Socrates' challenge to Parmenides

The first "third man"

What is participation?

Parmenides' exercise and the Sophist

Epilogue: a reasonable self-predication assumption.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739144848

0739144847

9780739144862

0739144863

OCLC:

733232783