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Forms and structure in Plato's metaphysics /

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"This book investigates the thought of two of the most influential philosophers of antiquity, Plato and his predecessor Anaxagoras, with respect to their metaphysical accounts of objects and their properties. It introduces a fresh perspective on these two thinkers' ideas, displaying the de...

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Main Author: Marmodoro, Anna, 1975- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Plato.
Anaxagoras.
Anaxagoras
Plato
Form (Philosophy)
Forme (Philosophie)
Ancient & Classical.
History & Surveys.
PHILOSOPHY.
Epistemology.
Metaphysics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Anaxagoras's metaphysical foundations
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. What there is
  • 1.3. Opposite properties and their causal efficacy
  • 1.4. Like causes like
  • 1.5. Gunky Opposites
  • 1.5.1. The Opposites exist as unlimitedly divided into parts
  • 1.5.2. The Opposites are homoeomers
  • 1.6. Closing remarks
  • 2. Making things up
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Presence and preponderance of Opposites
  • 2.3. A bundle theory of objects
  • 2.4. Seeds of structure
  • 2.5. The world is one
  • 2.6. The role of nous
  • 2.7. Closing remarks
  • Appendix: What are Plato and Aristotle complaining about?
  • 3. Plato's Forms as powers
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. The Eleatic Principle
  • 3.3. The Forms as causes
  • 3.4. Transcendent powers
  • 3.5. Closing remarks
  • 4. Forms in objects
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Being present in versus belonging to an object
  • 4.3. Presence or communion?
  • 4.4. The non-​recurrence of Forms
  • 4.5. The Forms' uniqueness
  • 4.6. The Paradox of Smallness
  • 4.7. Is self-​predication self-​predication?
  • 4.8. Quantitative or functional parts of Forms?
  • 4.9. Closing remarks
  • 5. Parts, or no parts?
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. The Forms as logical fusions
  • 5.3. Being monoeides versus being a homoeomer
  • 5.4. Platonic hylomorphism
  • 5.5. Composite by becoming: the Third Man Argument
  • 5.6. Closing remarks
  • 6. Overlap, relations and relatives
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Plural partaking: joint-​partaking and parallel-​partaking
  • 6.2.1. Symmetric 'relations' as joint-​partaking
  • 6.2.2. Asymmetric 'relations' as parallel-​partaking
  • 6.2.3. Multigrade 'relations'
  • 6.3. Necessity as plural partaking
  • 6.4. Regresses of Great Kinds
  • 6.5. Building the paradeigma
  • 6.6. Closing remarks
  • Appendix: Reifying relatives: the Forms of Master and Slave
  • 7. The paradeigma shift
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. The Third Man Argument resolved
  • 7.3. Being, becoming, and time
  • 7.4. Transcendent necessity
  • 7.5. The Demiurge and the paradeigma
  • 7.6. Geometrical chemistry
  • 7.7. Top-​down and bottom-​up structure
  • 7.8. Closing remarks
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • Index