Forms, Matter and Mind | Three Strands in Plato's Metaphysics

E. N. Ostenfeld

ISBN 10: 9024730511 / ISBN 13: 9789024730513

Editore: Springer, 1982

Forms, Matter and Mind | Three Strands in Plato's Metaphysics | E. N. Ostenfeld | Buch | Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Library | xi | Englisch | 1982 | Springer | EAN 9789024730513 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Codice articolo 102400598

Riassunto:

The present work is an attempt to analyse critically Plato's views on mind and body and more particularly on the mind-body relationship within the wider setting of Plato's metaphysics. We seek to achieve this by a philosophical examination"-of the dialogues on the basis of a generally accepted order (some revision of this order is a by-product of our examination). Strictly speaking "soul" ought perhaps to be substituted for "mind" in the above. But it seems to be in terms of "mind" that modern philosophers deal with and refer to the problem that Plato tackled (mainly) in terms of psyche, and as it is part of the motivation for dealing with Plato's treatment that it is of importance for the modern debate, it has been felt necessary to stress the rough identity* of the problem in the title of the book (and in the Introduction, in the title of Part Three and a few other places). Below this superordinate level we try to keep "mind" as a translation typically of nous and "soul" as a translation of psyche.

Contenuti: I General Introduction.- One: Forms.- II Concrete Common Qualities.- III Transcedent Simples.- IV Natural Kinds.- Two: Matter.- V Wholes of Concrete Common Qualities.- VI Wholes of Form-Copies.- VII Geometrical Solids in Space.- Three: Mind.- VIII Part of Concrete Whole.- IX Transcedent Simple Soul.- X Dynamic-telic Structure.- XI General Conclusion.- A Note on Chronology.- Abbreviations.- Notes.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Forms, Matter and Mind | Three Strands in ...
Casa editrice: Springer
Data di pubblicazione: 1982
Legatura: Buch
Condizione: Neu