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Forms and Concepts : Concept Formation in the Platonic Tradition / Christoph Helmig.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina ; 5Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (395 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110266313
  • 9783110267242
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 121/.4
LOC classification:
  • B398.K7
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- A word of thanks -- Introduction -- I. Concepts – (Ancient) Problems and Solutions -- II. Plato on Learning as Recollection -- III. Aristotle’s Reaction to Plato -- IV. Three Case Studies: Alcinous, Alexander & Porphyry, and Plotinus -- V. Syrianus’ and Proclus’ Attitude towards Aristotle -- VI. The Crucial Role of Doxastic Concepts in Proclus’ Epistemology -- VII. Proclus’ Platonic Theory of Concept Attainment -- VIII. Plato and Aristotle in Harmony? – Some Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Indices
Summary: Forms and Concepts is the first comprehensive study of the central role of concepts and concept acquisition in the Platonic tradition. It sets up a stimulating dialogue between Plato’s innatist approach and Aristotle’s much more empirical response. The primary aim is to analyze and assess the strategies with which Platonists responded to Aristotle’s (and Alexander of Aphrodisias’) rival theory. The monograph culminates in a careful reconstruction of the elaborate attempt undertaken by the Neoplatonist Proclus (6th century AD) to devise a systematic Platonic theory of concept acquisition.

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- A word of thanks -- Introduction -- I. Concepts – (Ancient) Problems and Solutions -- II. Plato on Learning as Recollection -- III. Aristotle’s Reaction to Plato -- IV. Three Case Studies: Alcinous, Alexander & Porphyry, and Plotinus -- V. Syrianus’ and Proclus’ Attitude towards Aristotle -- VI. The Crucial Role of Doxastic Concepts in Proclus’ Epistemology -- VII. Proclus’ Platonic Theory of Concept Attainment -- VIII. Plato and Aristotle in Harmony? – Some Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Indices

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Forms and Concepts is the first comprehensive study of the central role of concepts and concept acquisition in the Platonic tradition. It sets up a stimulating dialogue between Plato’s innatist approach and Aristotle’s much more empirical response. The primary aim is to analyze and assess the strategies with which Platonists responded to Aristotle’s (and Alexander of Aphrodisias’) rival theory. The monograph culminates in a careful reconstruction of the elaborate attempt undertaken by the Neoplatonist Proclus (6th century AD) to devise a systematic Platonic theory of concept acquisition.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)