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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Helmig, Christoph,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2013
• Ano de Publicação: 2012
• Idioma: English
• Colecção: Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina , 5
• Descrição Física: 1 online resource (395 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Resumo: 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.
• Formato: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110267242; 9783110238570; 9783110238488; 9783110636949; 9783110288995; 9783110293838; 9783110288964
• ISSN: 1864-4805
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110267242
• Acesso: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christoph Helmig.

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 strate...