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Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 16 (1):91-121 (2000)

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Causation in the phaedo.Sean Kelsey - 2004 - Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 85 (1):21–43.details In the _Phaedo Socrates says that as a young man he thought it a great thing to know the causes of things; but finding existing accounts unsatisfying, he fell back on a method of his own, hypothesizing that Forms are causes. I argue that part of what this hypothesis says is that certain phenomena--the ones for which it postulates Forms as causes--are the result of processes whose object was to produce them. I then use this conclusion to explain how Socrates' (...) Plato: Causation in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Forms in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Natural Science in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Republic in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (4 more) Export citation Bookmark 3 citations
The Soul’s Tool: Plato on the Usefulness of the Body.Douglas R. Campbell - 2022 - Elenchos 43 (1):7-27.details This paper concerns Plato’s characterization of the body as the soul’s tool. I take perception as an example of the body’s usefulness. I explore the Timaeus’ view that perception provides us with models of orderliness. Then, I argue that perception of confusing sensible objects is necessary for our cognitive development too. Lastly, I consider the instrumentality relationship more generally and its place in Plato’s teleological worldview. Plato, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Ethics in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Immortality of the Soul in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Knowledge and Belief in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Metaphysics, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Moral Psychology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Natural Science in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Perception in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Teleology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Theology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Timaeus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (3 more) Export citation Bookmark 2 citations

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