In this book, Vasilis Politis argues that Plato's Forms are essences, not merely things that have an essence. Politis shows that Plato's essentialism is a well-argued, rigorous and coherent theory, and a viable competitor to Aristotelian essentialism.
In this book, Vasilis Politis argues that Plato's Forms are essences, not merely things that have an essence. Politis shows that Plato's essentialism is a well-argued, rigorous and coherent theory, and a viable competitor to Aristotelian essentialism.
Vasilis Politis is Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. He is author of numerous books, including The Structure of Enquiry in Plato's Early Dialogues (Cambridge, 2015) and The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy (with George Karamanolis, Cambridge, 2018).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction; 1. Why Cannot the ti esti Question Be Answered by Example and Exemplar? Hippias Major; 2. Why Cannot Essences or Forms be Perceived by the Senses? Hippias Major. Phaedo. Republic; 3. Why are Essences or Forms Unitary Uniform and Non-Composite? Why are they Changeless? Eternal? Are they Logically Independent of Each Other? Phaedo and Republic; 4. The Relation between Knowledge and Enquiry in the Phaedo; 5. Why are Essences or Forms Distinct from Sense-Perceptible Things? Phaedo 74 and Republic V. 478-479; 6. Why are Essences or Forms the Basis of all Causation and Explanation? Phaedo 95-105; 7. What is the Role of Essences or Forms in Judgements about Sense-Perceptible and Physical Things? Republic VII. 523-525; 8. Why does Thinking of Things Require Essences or Forms? Parmenides; 9. Why are Essences or Forms Separate from Physical Things? Also Timaeus and Philebus; 10. What Yokes Together Mind and World? Phaedo 99-100 and Republic VI. 505-509; Conclusion: Forms Simply are Essences not Things that have Essences.
Introduction; 1. Why Cannot the ti esti Question Be Answered by Example and Exemplar? Hippias Major; 2. Why Cannot Essences or Forms be Perceived by the Senses? Hippias Major. Phaedo. Republic; 3. Why are Essences or Forms Unitary Uniform and Non-Composite? Why are they Changeless? Eternal? Are they Logically Independent of Each Other? Phaedo and Republic; 4. The Relation between Knowledge and Enquiry in the Phaedo; 5. Why are Essences or Forms Distinct from Sense-Perceptible Things? Phaedo 74 and Republic V. 478-479; 6. Why are Essences or Forms the Basis of all Causation and Explanation? Phaedo 95-105; 7. What is the Role of Essences or Forms in Judgements about Sense-Perceptible and Physical Things? Republic VII. 523-525; 8. Why does Thinking of Things Require Essences or Forms? Parmenides; 9. Why are Essences or Forms Separate from Physical Things? Also Timaeus and Philebus; 10. What Yokes Together Mind and World? Phaedo 99-100 and Republic VI. 505-509; Conclusion: Forms Simply are Essences not Things that have Essences.
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