Parmenides and presocratic philosophy / John Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, John Anderson, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parmenides.

Eleatics.

Pre-Socratic philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly reconsiders his place in the historical development of Presocratic philosophy in light of this new interpretation. Careful treatment of Parmenides' specification of the ways of inquiry that define his metaphysical and epistemological outlook paves the way for detailed analyses of his arguments demon

Contents:

Contents; 1 Parmenides' Place in Histories of Presocratic Philosophy; 2 Parmenides' Three Ways; 3 The Way of the Goddess and the Way of Mortals; 4 What Must Be and What Is and Is Not; 5 Zeno, Melissus, and Parmenides; 6 Anaxagoras and Parmenides; 7 Empedocles' Element Theory and Parmenides; 8 Parmenides' Place in Presocratic Philosophy; Appendix: The Fragments of Parmenides' Poem; Bibliography; Index locorum; General index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-160999-4

0-19-966469-2

1-282-38343-4

9786612383434

0-19-157189-X

OCLC:

536239613