This study addresses a central theme in current philosophy: Platonism vs Naturalism and provides accounts of both approaches to mathematics, crucially discussing Quine, Maddy, Kitcher, Lakoff, Colyvan, and many others. Beginning with accounts of both approaches, Brown defends Pl…
Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations 1 The Old Academy and the Themes of Middle Platonism 1 2 Antiochus of Ascalon: The Turn to Dogmatism 52 3 Platonism at Alexandria: Eudorus and Philo 114 4 Plutarch of Chaeroneia and the Origins of Second-Century Platonism 184 5 The Athenia…
The Middle Platonists consists of detailed chapters on figures of the period, outlining the Life and Works, Philosophy and conclusion for each Platonist. ‘Dillon's excellent work is the first book-length study in any language of the whole development of Platonism in the 300 year…
"In the first half of this book, Hugh S. Chandler updates the theory that rational creatures should be governed by "self love" and concludes that creatures that operate in this way should sometimes be quite nasty. Nevertheless, such creatures can be just as "rational" and "reaso…
by Sallis, John
fromSUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
by Sallis, John
fromSUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
by Sallis, John
fromSUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
