Plato on Knowledge and Forms
Author | : Gail Fine |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : 0199245584 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780199245581 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Plato on Knowledge and Forms brings together a set of connected essays by Gail Fine, in her main area of research since the late 1970s: Plato's metaphysics and epistemology. She discusses central issues in Plato's metaphysics and epistemology, issues concerning the nature and extent of knowledge, and its relation to perception, sensibles, and forms; and issues concerning the nature of forms, such as whether they are universals or particulars, separate or immanent, and whether they are causes. A specially written introduction draws together the themes of the volume, which will reward the attention of anyone interested in Plato or in ancient metaphysics and epistemology.