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A Study of Dialectic in Plato’s Parmenides
Eric Sanday
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Hardback. Series: Rereading Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
In this book, Eric Sanday boldly demonstrates that Plato’s “theory of forms” is true, easy to understand, and relatively intuitive. Sanday argues that our chief obstacle tounderstanding the theory of forms is the distorting effect of the tacit metaphysical privileging of individual things in our everyday understanding. For Plato, this privilegingof things that we can own, produce, exchange, and through which we gain mastery of our surroundings is a significant obstacle to philosophical education. The dialogue’s chief philosophical work, then, is to destabilize this false privileging and, using hypotheses 3–8 in Parmenides, to provide the initial framework for a newlyoriented ... Read more
In this book, Eric Sanday boldly demonstrates that Plato’s “theory of forms” is true, easy to understand, and relatively intuitive. Sanday argues that our chief obstacle tounderstanding the theory of forms is the distorting effect of the tacit metaphysical privileging of individual things in our everyday understanding. For Plato, this privilegingof things that we can own, produce, exchange, and through which we gain mastery of our surroundings is a significant obstacle to philosophical education. The dialogue’s chief philosophical work, then, is to destabilize this false privileging and, using hypotheses 3–8 in Parmenides, to provide the initial framework for a newlyoriented ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Series
Rereading Ancient Philosophy
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810130074
SKU
V9780810130074
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About Eric Sanday
Eric Sanday is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Kentucky.
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