Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 459 g
The Metaphysics of Structure
Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 459 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-927844-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford
What is the relation between a whole and its parts? Is a whole identical to its parts, or is there some other relation of composition? These questions are much discussed in modern philosophy; but Plato's rich discussion of composition has been neglected. Verity Harte provides the first sustained examination of this Platonic discussion and explains its relations to modern debates. She reveals how, in several late works, Plato criticizes the view that a whole is identical to its parts. She then goes on to discuss the intriguing alternative conception of wholes he offers in its place.
This book is an invaluable resource both for scholars of Plato and for modern metaphysicians. For scholars of Plato, Harte's careful textual analysis provides fresh insights into some of his most difficult works. For modern metaphysicians, she illuminates the contemporary debate by placing it within an historical context.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Problem of Composition
- 1.1: Is a Whole (just) the Sum of its Parts?
- 1.2: Mereology or Magic?
- 1.3: Restrictions upon Composition?
- 1.4: Ontological Innocence
- 1.5: Composition and the Problem of the One and the Many
- 1.6: Theaetetus 203-206
- 2. Composition as Identity in the Parmenides and Sophist
- 2.1: Socrates' Puzzle: The Conversation with Zeno
- 2.2: Two Kinds of 'Part' in the Dilemma of Participation (131a-c)
- 2.3: Atomic Ones and Infinite Collections: The First and Second Deductions
- 2.4: Composition: Identity or Distinctness?
- 2.5: Eleaticism and Ontological Innocence
- 3. A New Model of Composition
- 3.1: Composition: A Sui Generis
- 3.2: Unity and Structure
- 3.3: Bare Pluralities
- 3.4: Restrictions on Composition
- 4. Composition and Structure
- 4.1: Two Ways of Thinking about Structure
- 4.2: The Sophist: A First Platonic Example of Structure
- 4.3: The Philebus: Structure and Content
- 4.4: The Timaeus: Structures within Structures
- 5. Plato's Metaphysics of Structure
- 5.1: The Platonic Context
- 5.2: Plato's Model of Composition
- General Index
- Index of Names
- Index Locorum
