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9781137515353 English 113751535X Parmenides is very commonly read as a turning point in Plato's philosophical development. Most scholars would assert that, in Parmenides, Plato seriously criticizes his theory of forms. According to some proponents of this stance, Plato later came to view his own criticisms of his theory of forms altogether too damaging, and thus subsequently abandoned the critical stance he took in Parmenides. Other proponents of the serious-self-criticism interpretation of Parmenides argue that, instead of abandoning his theory of forms, Plato lays the foundations of a new and improved theory of forms in Parmenides. (There is little agreement on what this new theory entails.) Against these prevailing scholarly readings, Mehmet Tabak argues that Parmenides is exclusively a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents. Tabak's accessible, historically-sensitive, detailed, and comprehensive account is the first decisive illustration of this view, which has been sporadically defended for many centuries., Plato's Parmenides Reconsidered offers a very accessible, detailed, and historically-sensitive account of Plato's Parmenides. Against the prevailing scholarly wisdom, he illustrates conclusively that Parmenides is a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents., Plato's Parmenides is very commonly read as a turning-point in Plato's philosophical development. Most contemporary scholars agree with the view that Plato seriously criticizes his theory of Forms in this dialogue. According to some proponents of this view, Plato deemed these criticisms too damaging to his theory of Forms, and subsequently abandoned this theory. Other proponents of the serious-self-criticism view argue that, instead of abandoning his theory of Forms, Plato lays the foundations of a new and improved theory of Forms in Parmenides--there is little agreement on what this new theory entails. Against this prevailing scholarly wisdom, Mehmet Tabak illustrates that Parmenides is exclusively a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents. Tabak's accessible, historically-sensitive, detailed, and comprehensive account is the first decisive illustration of this view, which has been sporadically defended for many centuries.
9781137515353 English 113751535X Parmenides is very commonly read as a turning point in Plato's philosophical development. Most scholars would assert that, in Parmenides, Plato seriously criticizes his theory of forms. According to some proponents of this stance, Plato later came to view his own criticisms of his theory of forms altogether too damaging, and thus subsequently abandoned the critical stance he took in Parmenides. Other proponents of the serious-self-criticism interpretation of Parmenides argue that, instead of abandoning his theory of forms, Plato lays the foundations of a new and improved theory of forms in Parmenides. (There is little agreement on what this new theory entails.) Against these prevailing scholarly readings, Mehmet Tabak argues that Parmenides is exclusively a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents. Tabak's accessible, historically-sensitive, detailed, and comprehensive account is the first decisive illustration of this view, which has been sporadically defended for many centuries., Plato's Parmenides Reconsidered offers a very accessible, detailed, and historically-sensitive account of Plato's Parmenides. Against the prevailing scholarly wisdom, he illustrates conclusively that Parmenides is a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents., Plato's Parmenides is very commonly read as a turning-point in Plato's philosophical development. Most contemporary scholars agree with the view that Plato seriously criticizes his theory of Forms in this dialogue. According to some proponents of this view, Plato deemed these criticisms too damaging to his theory of Forms, and subsequently abandoned this theory. Other proponents of the serious-self-criticism view argue that, instead of abandoning his theory of Forms, Plato lays the foundations of a new and improved theory of Forms in Parmenides--there is little agreement on what this new theory entails. Against this prevailing scholarly wisdom, Mehmet Tabak illustrates that Parmenides is exclusively a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents. Tabak's accessible, historically-sensitive, detailed, and comprehensive account is the first decisive illustration of this view, which has been sporadically defended for many centuries.