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2 giorni fa · He (Plato) also introduced the idea of unchanging Forms, a grasp of which is crucial for knowledge; in one dialogue, he examined a number of proposed definitions of knowledge itself. Aristotle developed an ideal of scientific knowledge centered on demonstrations of why the objects under examination must have certain features, the starting points of which are an understanding of the essences of ...
4 giorni fa · My chief area of research is in the philosophy of Plato and the development of the Platonic tradition of philosophy, extending from his immediate successors in the so-called ‘Old Academy’, through the period of ‘Middle Platonism’, dating from around 80 bc to ad 240, to the ‘Neoplatonic’ period and beyond, into the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
4 giorni fa · Therefore, I like to think that only a true Platonist can grasp the work of Aristotle and a true Aristotelian is interested in the "mysticism" of Platonism. The overall text in my eyes makes the argument that Plato and Aristotle are supposed to compliment each other rather than contradict.
5 giorni fa · Although, as we said, rationalism and Platonism are the constants in Gödel’s philosophy, this cannot be said for his epistemological views. His understanding of intuition was changing according to developments in logic and set theory, as well as the teachings of other philosophers, and it never assumed a definite shape.
5 giorni fa · The theory of Forms or theory of Ideas is a philosophical theory, concept, or world-view, attributed to Plato, that the physical world is not as real or true as timeless, absolute, unchangeable ideas. According to this theory, ideas in this sense, often capitalized and translated as "Ideas" or "Forms", are the non-physical essences ...
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The Parmenides is definitely the most complex dialogue I have read. It is divided into two halves and each serves an important function. The second half is much more difficult than the first half. In the first half, Parmenides uses 5 successive arguments against the "theory of forms".
3 giorni fa · For Plato, the Good was the most fundamental being, the ultimate form above all forms. In contemporary analytic Platonism, many may think that the empty set is the most fundamental entity. Or perhaps the existential quantifier, a lá Eric Steinhart.
