Plato's Parmenides reconsidered [Texte imprimé] / Mehmet Tabak

"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"-- Provided by publisher

Bibliogr. p. [215]-220

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: FORMS IN THE MIDDLE-PERIOD DIALOGUES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theory of Forms in Phaedo -- 3. The Theory of Forms in Cratylus -- 4. The Theory of Forms in Republic -- 5. Conclusion -- PART II: PARMENIDES, PART I -- 6. Introduction -- 7. The Setting and the Main Characters of Parmenides -- 8. Socrates' Theory of Forms and His Challenge -- 9. The Extent of Forms -- 10. Parmenides' Criticism of the Participation Theory -- 11. Infinite Regress Objections and More -- 12. Radical Separation of Forms Prohibits Knowledge -- 13. The Method -- 14. Aristoteles Replaces Socrates -- 15. Conclusion -- PART III: PARMENIDES, PART II -- 16. Introduction -- 17. Argument 1: If the One Is, It Is Nothing -- 18. Argument 2: If the One Has Being It Can Be and Not Be All Things -- 19. Preliminary Remarks -- 20. The One is a Whole with Parts -- 21. The One Has Infinite Parts and Numbers -- 22. The One Has Limit and Shape -- 23. The One in Space and In Itself (Beginning of Fallacies) -- 24. Motion and Rest -- 25. The Same As and Different From Itself and the Others -- 26. Like and Unlike Itself and the Others -- 27. Has and Does not Have Contact with Itself and the Others -- 28. Equal and Unequal to Itself and the Others -- 29. Older and Younger than Itself and the Others -- 30. Conclusions of Argument 2 -- The Appendix -- Argument 3: If the Absolutely One Participates, the Others Are -- Argument 4: If the Absolutely One Does Not Participate, the Others Are Not -- The Conclusion of Arguments 1 to 4, Parmenides' and Ours -- Argument 5: Whatever Is Said of the Negative One Must Be True and Known -- Argument 6: Speaking of the Negative One, Which We Cannot Speak Of -- Argument 7: If the One Is Not, the Others Appear to Be -- Argument 8: If the One Is Not, the Others Neither Appear to Be Nor Are Anything -- The Final Conclusion of Parmenides -- PART IV: PARMENIDES IN THEAETETUS AND SOPHIST -- Introduction -- Plato's Critique of Protagoras in Theaetetus -- Parmenides and Parmenides in Sophis