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Plato's Theory of Sensible Particulars.

Buckels, Christopher.

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Plato's Theory of Sensible Particulars.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Plato's Theory of Sensible Particulars./
Author:	Buckels, Christopher.
Description:	239 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-02(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-02A(E).
Subject:	Philosophy. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3602011
ISBN:	9781303537783

Plato's Theory of Sensible Particulars.
Buckels, Christopher.

Plato's Theory of Sensible Particulars. - 239 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-02(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2013.

I argue that Plato is a bundle theorist; sensible particulars are bundles of Form shares. I contend that the language of contemporary metaphysics can illuminate Plato's ontology: Form shares are particular property instances, or tropes. One might think that Plato has need of substrata for particulars; there has to be something that participates in a Form and is 'bare' before participating in any Forms. I argue, however, that substrata are unnecessary and, moreover, inimical to Plato's ontological project; for an object to participate in a Form is just for it to have a share of that Form as a constituent. Co-location provides the metaphysical 'glue' that bundles Form shares: bundles are maximal collections of co-located Form shares. Sensible particulars are derived entities, fully dependent on more basic entities. Therefore, I argue, Plato's fundamental ontology consists only of properties (Forms and Form shares) and locations at which Form shares are co-located.

ISBN: 9781303537783Subjects--Topical Terms:

516511
Philosophy.

Plato's Theory of Sensible Particulars.
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520 $a I trace Plato's concern with sensible particulars through the Phaedo, Theaetetus, and Timaeus. I argue that Plato introduces Form shares (tropes) in the Phaedo. A sensible particular instantiates a Form by having a share of a Form; thus, Socrates instantiates wisdom by having a share of Wisdom. Moreover, I argue, sensible particulars are completely constituted by Form shares. In the Theaetetus, I contend, Plato explores several puzzles that arise for bundle and substratum theorists. The metaphysical picture there of particulars in constant motion is not, then, Plato's own doctrine but rather a demonstration of the difficulties inherent in accounting for the physical world. Finally, in the Timaeus, Plato brings his theory of sensible particulars to completion with his introduction of geometrical elements and the Receptacle. I argue that the Receptacle functions as absolute space, providing locations for structured bundles of Form shares.
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