Parmenides' grand deduction : a logical reconstruction of the way of truth /

Michael V. Wedin presents a rigorous reconstruction of the deductions in Parmenides' 'Way of Truth': the most important philosophical treatise before Plato and Aristotle. He answers criticisms which claim that Parmenides' arguments are shot through with logical fallacies, and arg...

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Logical reconstruction of the way of truth
The Governing Deduction and Parmenides' Master Argument --
Parmenides' Canonical Paths of Inquiry --
Path II and the Governing Deduction --
Path I and the Corollary to the Governing Deduction --
Modal Extension and the Third Path --
A Covert Fallacy in the Governing Deduction--
Self-Defeat and the Second-Order Defense of the Governing Deduction --
The Ionian Interpretation of Fr.6 --
Does Parmenides Argue for the Existence of Something--
A Remark on Quantification and the Subject of εστιν --
The Deductive Consequences of the Governing Deduction --
Consequence (A): That what is is uncreated and imperishable (Fr. 8, 5--21) --
Against an Emendation and a Proposal about the Subject of (A1) --
Consequence (B): That what is is indivisible and continuous (Fr. 8, 22--5) --
Monism and Deductive Consequence (B) --
Consequence (C): That what is is motionless (Fr. 8, 26--31) --
Consequence (D): That what is is complete (Fr. 8, 32--49) --
A Causal Theory of Thought and Fact Monism: D2 (Fr. 8, 34--41) --
Fact Monism and Godel's Slingshot --
Parmenides' Anomalous Sphere: D3(Fr. 8, 42--9) --
The Eleatic Inference Ticket --
The Perils of Prescription: The Deductive Consequences at Risk --
Critical Reflections --
Four Proposals that Won't Save the Governing Deduction --
Was Parmenides an Identity TheoristOn νoειν and εναι in Fr. 3 --
More on Miscasting Parmenides as an Ionian Philosopher --
Plato's Response to Parmenides.
1. Verfasser:
Wedin, Michael V.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Michael V. Wedin presents a rigorous reconstruction of the deductions in Parmenides' 'Way of Truth': the most important philosophical treatise before Plato and Aristotle. He answers criticisms which claim that Parmenides' arguments are shot through with logical fallacies, and argues against natural explanations of Parmenides in the Ionian tradition.
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 275 pages)
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-102454-6
0-19-178305-6
Schlagworte:
Parmenides. > Nature.
Parmenides.
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