Plato's Parmenides reconsidered / Mehmet Tabak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tabak, Mehmet, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Parmenides.

Plato.

Form (Philosophy).

Parmenides (Plato).

Physical Description:

viii, 229 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"Plato's Parmenides is very commonly read as a turning-point in Plato's philosophical development. Most contemporary scholars agree with the view that Plato seriously criticizes his theory of Forms in this dialogue. According to some proponents of this view, Plato deemed these criticisms too damaging to his theory of Forms, and subsequently abandoned this theory. Other proponents of the serious-self-criticism view argue that, instead of abandoning his theory of Forms, Plato lays the foundations of a new and improved theory of Forms in Parmenides--there is little agreement on what this new theory entails. Against this prevailing scholarly wisdom, Mehmet Tabak illustrates that Parmenides is exclusively a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents. Tabak's accessible, historically-sensitive, detailed, and comprehensive account is the first decisive illustration of this view, which has been sporadically defended for many centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Introduction

PART I: FORMS IN THE MIDDLE-PERIOD DIALOGUES

1. Introduction

2. Theory of Forms in Phaedo

3. The Theory of Forms in Cratylus

4. The Theory of Forms in Republic

5. Conclusion

PART II: PARMENIDES, PART I

6. Introduction

7. The Setting and the Main Characters of Parmenides

8. Socrates' Theory of Forms and His Challenge

9. The Extent of Forms

10. Parmenides' Criticism of the Participation Theory

11. Infinite Regress Objections and More

12. Radical Separation of Forms Prohibits Knowledge

13. The Method

14. Aristoteles Replaces Socrates

15. Conclusion

PART III: PARMENIDES, PART II

16. Introduction

17. Argument 1: If the One Is, It Is Nothing

18. Argument 2: If the One Has Being It Can Be and Not Be All Things

19. Preliminary Remarks

20. The One is a Whole with Parts

21. The One Has Infinite Parts and Numbers

22. The One Has Limit and Shape

23. The One in Space and In Itself (Beginning of Fallacies)

24. Motion and Rest

25. The Same As and Different From Itself and the Others

26. Like and Unlike Itself and the Others

27. Has and Does not Have Contact with Itself and the Others

28. Equal and Unequal to Itself and the Others

29. Older and Younger than Itself and the Others

30. Conclusions of Argument 2

The Appendix

Argument 3: If the Absolutely One Participates, the Others Are

Argument 4: If the Absolutely One Does Not Participate, the Others Are Not

The Conclusion of Arguments 1 to 4, Parmenides' and Ours

Argument 5: Whatever Is Said of the Negative One Must Be True and Known

Argument 6: Speaking of the Negative One, Which We Cannot Speak Of

Argument 7: If the One Is Not, the Others Appear to Be

Argument 8: If the One Is Not, the Others Neither Appear to Be Nor Are Anything

The Final Conclusion of Parmenides

PART IV: PARMENIDES IN THEAETETUS AND SOPHIST

Plato's Critique of Protagoras in Theaetetus

Parmenides and Parmenides in Sophis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137515353

113751535X

OCLC:

898925137

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