Plato on Knowledge and Forms

Selected Essays
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-924558-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 851 g

Brings together a set of connected essays by Gail Fine on Plato's metaphysics and epistemology. She discusses central issues in Plato's metaphysics and epistemology - issues concerning the nature and extent of knowledge, and issues concerning the nature of forms.

This text brings together a set of connected essays by Gail Fine, in her main area of research since the late 1970s: Plato's metaphysics and epistemology. She discusses central issues in Plato's metaphysics and epistemology, issues concerning the nature and extent of knowledge, and its relation to perception, sensibles, and forms; and issues concerning the nature of forms, such as whether they are universals or particulars, separate or immanent, and whether they are causes. A specially written introduction draws together the themes of the volume, which will reward the attention of anyone interested in Plato or in ancient metaphysics and epistemology.

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Inquiry in the Meno; 3. Knowledge and Belief in Republic V; 4. Knowledge and Belief in Republic V-VII; 5. Plato on Naming; 6. Protagoran Relativisms; 7. Conflicting Appearances; 8. Plato's Refutation of Protagoras in the Theaetetus; 9. False Beliefs in the Theaetetus; 10. Knowledge and Logos in the Theaetetus; 11. Separation; 12. Immanence; 13. Relational Entities; 14. Forms as Causes: Plato and Aristotle; 15. Plato and Aristotle on Form and Substance; Biblography; Index Locorum

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fine, Gail

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- 1: Introduction

- 2: Inquiry in the Meno

- 3: Knowledge and Belief in Republic V

- 4: Knowledge and Belief in Republic V-VII

- 5: Plato on Naming

- 6: Protagoran Relativisms

- 7: Conflicting Appearances

- 8: Plato's Refutation of Protagoras in the Theaetetus

- 9: False Beliefs in the Theaetetus

- 10: Knowledge and Logos in the Theaetetus

- 11: Separation

- 12: Immanence

- 13: Relational Entities

- 14: Forms as Causes: Plato and Aristotle

- 15: Plato and Aristotle on Form and Substance

- Biblography

- Index Locorum

Über Autor(innen)

(Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University, USA)