The Emergent Metaphysics In Platos Theory Of Disorder

Author : Sarai Robin Charles
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739109113
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emergent Metaphysics in Plato's Theory of Disorder written by Sarai Robin Charles and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emergent Metaphysics in Plato's Theory of Disorder presents for the first time Plato's theory of disorder as it pertains to his understanding of powerful causal forces at work within and outwith the cosmos and the soul of man. Divided into two Parts and presenting passages in both Greek and English, Plato's cosmology, the Timaeus, and his chief theological work, Laws X, are discussed in detail. In the Timaeus 'Ananke' is introduced as one of two powerful primal causes, a disordering force second only to the 'Demiurgos, ' an ordering power and 'father' of the universe. Ananke is presented as being responsible for the physical chaos that existed prior to the generation of the universe, as well as for any residual disorder left within the cosmos after its formation. However, later, in Laws X Plato hypothesizes a different sort of disordering power, a destructive force active long after the cosmos has been generated, a primal 'Soul' capable of endangering not just the physical universe, but also the soul of man. What ultimately arises from the juxtaposition of these two dialogues is a dynamic theory of disorder in which an epistemology is outlined, an ontology is given and from which, it is argued, a metaphysics of disorder emerges. Charles's work is a rich addition to the study of Plato and philosophy

Author : John Dupré
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674212619
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Disorder of Things written by John Dupré and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this manifesto, John Dupré systematically attacks the ideal of scientific unity by showing how its underlying assumptions are at odds with the central conclusions of science itself.

Author : Anna Marmodoro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197577172
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forms and Structure in Plato's Metaphysics written by Anna Marmodoro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The book introduces a fresh perspective on these two thinkers' ideas, displaying the debt of Plato's theory on Anaxagoras's, and principally arguing that their core metaphysical concept is overlap; overlap between properties and things in the world. Initially Plato endorses Anaxagoras's model of constitutional overlap, and subsequently develops qualitative overlap. Overlap is the crux to our understanding of objects participating in Forms in Plato's metaphysics; of Plato's account of relata without relations; of the role of Forms as causes; of the metaphysics of necessity; and of the role of the Great Kinds and of the paradeigma in the development of Plato's thought. Anna Marmodoro argues that Plato is ground-breaking in the history of metaphysics, in different ways from those acknowledged so far, and with respect to more metaphysical questions than had been hitherto appreciated; e.g. Plato's treatment of structure as property; of complexity; and his introduction of the first ever account of metaphysical emergence. In addition to these results, Marmodoro makes Anaxagoras's and Plato's systems philosophically accessible to us, today's philosophers, by applying conceptual tools from analytic metaphysics to the study of ancient metaphysics. In this way, the book brings Anaxagoras's and Plato's ideas to bear on todays' philosophical discussions and opens up new venues of research for current philosophical discussions.

Author : Daniel M. Haybron
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042012783
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth's Abominations written by Daniel M. Haybron and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book philosophically explores a wide range of subjects relating to evil and human wickedness, including the nature of evil, explaining evil, evil and moral responsibility, and responding to evil.

Author : Julius Rocca
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107036631
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teleology in the Ancient World written by Julius Rocca and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection provides a comprehensive examination of ancient teleological arguments from philosophical and medical perspectives.

Author : William Prior
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415627737
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unity and Development in Plato's Metaphysics (RLE: Plato) written by William Prior and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focussing on two metaphysical doctrines of central importance to Plato's thought - the 'Theory of Forms' and the doctrine of 'Being and Becoming' - he suggests a continuous progress can be traced through Plato's works.

Author : E. N. Ostenfeld
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940097681X
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forms, Matter and Mind written by E. N. Ostenfeld and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work is an attempt to analyse critically Plato's views on mind and body and more particularly on the mind-body relationship within the wider setting of Plato's metaphysics. We seek to achieve this by a philosophical examination"-of the dialogues on the basis of a generally accepted order (some revision of this order is a by-product of our examination). Strictly speaking "soul" ought perhaps to be substituted for "mind" in the above. But it seems to be in terms of "mind" that modern philosophers deal with and refer to the problem that Plato tackled (mainly) in terms of psyche, and as it is part of the motivation for dealing with Plato's treatment that it is of importance for the modern debate, it has been felt necessary to stress the rough identity* of the problem in the title of the book (and in the Introduction, in the title of Part Three and a few other places). Below this superordinate level we try to keep "mind" as a translation typically of nous and "soul" as a translation of psyche.

Author : Francis A. Grabowski
Publisher : Continuum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato, Metaphysics and the Forms written by Francis A. Grabowski and published by Continuum. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important new monograph on Plato's metaphysics, focusing on the theory of the forms, which is the central philosophical concept in Plato's theory.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Author : Verity Harte
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191519138
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book Plato on Parts and Wholes written by Verity Harte and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2002-09-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.