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1 online resource. |
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Suny series in ancient Greek philosophy
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SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.
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| Summary |
Corrective intervention in Plato's metaphysics replacing the standard view of Plato as a metaphysical dualist with a novel and revolutionary paradigm of unitary pluralism in a single reality built on ontological diversity. |
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Exploring Plato's Forms -- Introduction -- Disclosure of My Own Bias -- Judging What Belongs to This World -- Different Kinds of Forms? -- The Special Problem of Negative Forms -- Degrees of Reality -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Plato's World: The Standard Model -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Why Two Worlds? -- 1.3. What Are the Forms? -- 1.4. How Does It All Work? -- 1.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Rethinking Plato's Forms -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Stratification of Reality -- 2.3. A Two-Level Model -- 2.4. Classification of Forms -- 2.5. Terminological Clues and Methodological Observations -- 2.6. Ideal Forms -- 2.7. Conceptual Forms -- 2.8. Relational Forms -- 2.9. First Principles -- 2.10. Negative Forms? -- 2.11. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Rethought Forms: How Do They Work? -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The General Enterprise -- 3.3. The Stratification of Reality -- 3.4. The Classification of Forms -- 3.5. The Continuum of Abstraction -- 3.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 A Horse Is a Horse, of Course, of Course, but What about Horseness? -- 4.1. Bunny in the Clouds -- 4.2. Horses and Horseness -- 4.3. Modes of Existence -- 4.4. Second Sailing -- Chapter 5 Ontological Symmetry in Plato: Formless Things and Empty Forms -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The Evidence -- 5.3. Formless Things -- 5.4. Empty Forms -- 5.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Does Plato Make Room for Negative Forms in His Ontology? -- 6.1. The Question of Negative Forms in Plato -- 6.2. Embracing Negative Forms with Debra Nails -- 6.3. Rejecting Negative Forms with Holger Thesleff -- 6.4. The Semblance and Structure of Negativity in Plato -- 6.5. The Relevance and Supremacy of the Good in Plato -- Chapter 7 Between a Form and a Hard Place: The Problem of Intermediates in Plato -- 7.1. Introduction. |
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7.2. Plato through Aristotle -- 7.3. Aristotle as Historian -- 7.4. Discrepancies and Contradictions -- 7.5. Implications for Reliability -- 7.6. Plato through Plato -- 7.7. Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Plato.
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Plato. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: 9781438485638 1438485638 (DLC) 2021024205 (OCoLC)1240774039 |
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9781438485652 (electronic book) |
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1438485654 (electronic book) |
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9781438485638 |
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1438485638 |
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