Synopses & Reviews
This series aims to bring together important recent writing in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources. The editor of each volume contributes an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the questions with which they deal. A selective bibliography is appended as a guide to further reading.
Synopsis
This volume in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together some of the most important articles on central topics in Plato's philosophy from the last three-decades. Divided into two parts, the first part looks at metaphysics and epistemology; the second part deals with ethics, politics, religion, and the soul.
About the Author
Gail Fine is Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University. She is author of
On Ideas: Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms (1993), and co-editor of
Aristotle: Selections (1995) and
Aristotle: Introductory Readings (1996).
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Socratic Elenchus, Gregory Vlastos
2. Socrates' Disavowal of Knowledge, Gregory Vlastos
3. Platonic Recollection, Dominic Scott
4. Language and Reality in Plato's Cratylus, J. L. Ackrill
5. The Theory of Forms, T. H. Irwin
6. Plato on the Imperfection of the Sensible World, Alexander Nehamas
7. Separation and Immanence in Plato's Theory of Forms, Daniel T. Devereux
8. Knowledge and Belief in Republic V-VII, Gail Fine
9. The Form of Good in Plato's Republic, Gerasimos Santas
10. The Logic of the Third Man, S. M. Cohen
11. Notes on Ryle's Plato, G. E. L. Owen
12. Knowledge is Perception, M. F. Burnyeat
13. Plato on Sense-Perception and Knowledge (Theaetetus 184-186), John M. Cooper
14. Observations on Perception in Plato's Later Dialogues, Michael Frede
15. Identity Mistakes: Plato and the Logical Atomists, John McDowell
16. The Double Explanation in the Timaeus, Steven K. Strange
17. Plato on Not-Being, G. E. L. Owen
18. Being in the Sophist: A Syntactical Enquiry, Lesley Brown
Notes on the Contributors; Selected Bibliography; Index of Names