On Ideas : Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms

The Peri Ide^on (on Ideas) Is The Only Work In Which Aristotle Systematically Sets Out And Criticizes Arguments For The Existence Of Platonic Forms. Gail Fine Presents The First Full-length Treatment In English Of This Important But Neglected Work. She Asks How, And How Well, Aristotle Understands Plato's Theory Of Forms, And Why And With What Justification He Favors An Alternative Metaphysical Scheme. She Examines The Significance Of The Peri Ide^on For Some Central Questions About Plato's Theory Of Forms--whether, For Example, There Are Forms Corresponding To Every Property Or Only To Some, And If Only To Some, Then To Which Ones; Whether Forms Are Universals, Particulars Or Both; And Whether They Are Meanings, Properties Or Both. Fine Also Provides A General Discussion Of Plato's Theory Of Forms, And Of Our Evidence About The Peri Ide^on And Its Date, Scope, And Aims. While She Pays Careful Attention To The Details Of The Text, She Also Relates It To Contemporary Philosophical Concerns. The Book Will Be Valuable For Anyone Interested In Metaphysics Ancient Or Modern. Text And Translation -- Introduction -- Evidence, Provenance, And Chronology -- Platonic Questions -- The Arguments From The Sciences : Forms And Knowledge -- Forms Of Artefacts -- Plato And The Arguments From The Sciences -- The One Over Many Argument : Forms And Predication -- The Object Of Thought Argument : Forms And Thought -- The Argument From Relatives -- Completeness And Compresence : Owen On The Argument From Relatives -- Kath' Hauto And Pros Ti -- Aristotle's Objections To The Argument From Relatives -- The Accurate One Over Many Argument -- Third Man Arguments -- Is Plato Vulnerable To The Third Man Argument? Gail Fine. Includes Greek Text And English Translation Of Aristotle's Peri Ideōn (p. [1]-19). Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

the peri Ideôn (on Ideas) Is The Only Work In Which Aristotle Systematically Sets Out And Criticizes Arguments For The Existence Of Platonic Forms. Gail Fine Presents The First Full-length Treatment In English Of This Important But Neglected Work. She Asks How, And How Well, Aristotle Understands Plato's Theory Of Forms, And Why And With What Justification He Favors An Alternative Metaphysical Scheme. She Examines The Significance Of The peri Ideôn For Some Central Questions About Plato's Theory Of Forms—whether, For Example, There Are Forms Corresponding To Every Property Or Only To Some, And If Only To Some, Then To Which Ones; Whether Forms Are Universals, Particulars Or Both; And Whether They Are Meanings, Properties Or Both. Fine Also Provides A General Discussion Of Plato's Theory Of Forms, And Of Our Evidence About The peri Ideôn And Its Date, Scope, And Aims. While She Pays Careful Attention To The Details Of The Text, She Also Relates It To Contemporary Philosophical Concerns. The Book Will Be Valuable For Anyone Interested In Metaphysics Ancient Or Modern.

The Peri ideon (On Ideas) is the only work in which Aristotle systematically sets out and criticizes arguments for the existence of Platonic forms. Gail Fine presents the first full-length treatment in English of this important but neglected work . She asks how, and how well, and why and with what justification he favours an alternative metaphysical scheme. She also examines the significance of the Peri ideon for some central questions about Plato's theory of forms - whether, for example, there are forms corresponding to every property or only to some, then to which ones; whether forms are universals, particulars, or both; and whether they are meanings, properties, or both. In addition to discussing the Peri ideon and its sources in Plato's dialogues, Fine also provides a general discussion of Plato's theory of forms, and of our evidence about the date, scope, and aims of the Peri ideon. While she pays careful attention to the details of the text, she also relates the issues to current philosophical concerns. The book will be valuable for anyone interested in metaphysics ancient or modern. The Peri ideōn (On ideas) is the only work in which Aristotle systematically sets out and criticizes arguments for the existence of Platonic forms. Gail Fine presents the first full-length treatment in English of this work, asking how, and how well, and why and with what justification he favors an alternative metaphysical scheme. She also examines the significance of the Peri ideōn for some central questions about Plato's theory of forms--whether, for example, there are forms corresponding to every property or only to some, then to which ones; whether forms are universals, particulars, or both; and whether they are meanings, properties, or both. In addition to discussing the Peri ideōn and its sources in Plato's dialogues, Fine also provides a general discussion of Plato's theory of forms, and of our evidence about the date, scope, and aims of the Peri ideōn. --From publisher's description This is the first book on Aristotle's important but neglected essay Peri ideon, 'On Ideas', to be published in English. Gail Fine explores the philosophical merits of Aristotle's criticisms of Plato, and relates their views to current debates about universals, properties, meaning, and knowledge. The full, annotated text of Peri ideon is included, with translation 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