Plato's Parmenides Reconsidered offers a very accessible, detailed, and historically-sensitive account of Plato's Parmenides. Against the prevailing scholarly wisdom, he illustrates conclusively that Parmenides is a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents.
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"Plato is commonly thought to have developed a theory of forms early in his career, and then to have discovered irremediable errors in that theory later on. But, in this engaging book, Tabak demonstrates, quite decisively, that this common view of Plato is wrong. Plato's Parmenides Reconsidered raises crucial questions about the nature of philosophical writing. It is a bold and important book." - Ram Neta, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA "[ P]rovocative and exciting the 'Tabak interpretation' will be without doubt a welcome addition to the range of views in relation to which philosophers working on the Parmenides must position themselves." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015
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Introduction 1 Forms in the Middle-Period Dialogues Introduction The
Theory of Forms in Phaedo The Theory of Forms in Cratylus The Theory of Forms
in Republic Conclusion 2 Parmenides, Part I Introduction The Setting and the
Main Characters of Parmenides Socrates's Theory of Forms and His Challenge
The Extent of Forms Parmenides's Criticism of the Participation Theory
Infinite Regress Objections and More Radical Separation of Forms Prohibits
Knowledge The Method Aristoteles Replaces Socrates Conclusion 3 Parmenides,
Part II Introduction Argument 1: If the One Is, It Is Nothing Argument 2: If
the One Has Being, It Can Be and Not Be All Things The Appendix Argument 3:
If the Absolute One Participates, the Others Are Argument 4: If the Absolute
One Does Not Participate, the Others Are Not The Conclusion of Arguments 1-4:
Parmenides's 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 4 Parmenides in Theaetetus and Sophist Introduction
Plato's Critique of Protagoras in Theaetetus Parmenides and Parmenides in
Sophist Conclusion
Mehmet Tabak is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Politics at New York University. He has published several scholarly articles on Marx thought. This is his first book.
