On ideas : Aristotle's criticism of Plato's theory of forms / / Gail Fine

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823621103321
• Autore: Fine Gail
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993
• ISBN: 0-19-159739-2; 0-19-151951-0; 1-282-05191-1; 9786612051913
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Disciplina: 111.2
• Soggetti: Form (Philosophy); Universals (Philosophy)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes Greek text and English translation of Aristotle's Peri ideon (p. [1]-19).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-376) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""1. Introduction""""2. The first Argument from the Sciences""; ""3. The second Argument from the Sciences""; ""4. The third Argument from the Sciences""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""6. FORMS OF ARTEFACTS""; ""7. PLATO AND THE ARGUMENTS FROM THE SCIENCES""; ""1. Socrates and the Arguments from the Sciences""; ""2. Plato and the premisses of the Arguments from the Sciences""; ""3. Plato and the conclusion of the Arguments from the Sciences""; ""4. The Imperfection Argument""; ""5. Broad compresence""; ""6. Artefact forms again""; ""8. THE ONE OVER MANY ARGUMENT: FORMS AND PREDICATION""; ""1. Introduction""""2. The One over Many Argument""; ""3. What is predicated?""; ""4. Negations""; ""5. Plato's One over Many Argument""; ""6. Forms of negations?""; ""7. Separation""; ""9. THE OBJECT OF THOUGHT ARGUMENT: FORMS AND THOUGHT""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Object of Thought Argument""; ""3. Aristotle's first objection to the Object of Thought Argument""; ""4. Aristotle's second objection to the Object of Thought Argument""; ""5. Plato and the Object of Thought Argument""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""10. THE ARGUMENT FROM RELATIVES""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. An overview of the argument""""3. Homonymy, synonymy, and focal connection""; ""4. A puzzle""; ""5. A second puzzle""; ""6. Why equality is homonymous if it is defined in sensible terms""; ""7. How to avoid homonymy""; ""8. How the Argument from Relatives conceives forms""; ""9. Why the Argument from the Relatives is a more accurate argument""; ""10. Conclusion""; ""11. COMPLETENESS AND COMPRESENCE: OWEN ON THE ARGUMENT FROM RELATIVES""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Completeness""; ""3. Owen's account of the Argument from Relatives""; ""4. Three criticisms""; ""12. KATH' HAUTO AND PROS TI""; ""1. Introduction""
• Sommario/riassunto: Gail Fine's On Ideas is a study of Book 1 of Aristotle's short essay Peri Ideon, in which Aristotle presents a systematic account of a series of five arguments for the existence of Platonic forms along with a series of objections to each of these arguments.