Plato's philosophy reaching beyond the limits of reason: contours of a contextual theory of truth

New York: Georg Olms Verlag (2017)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Platon zählt zu den einflussreichsten Philosophen aller Zeiten. Er beeinflusste maßgeblich Profil und Kanon der westlichen Philosophie. Die Kritik am sogenannten Platonismus wurde kontinuierlich von den Schwierigkeiten gespeist, die die Interpretation der philosophischen Schriften Platons bereitet. Gemeinhin wird er als rein rationaler Philosoph gesehen. Ein Philosoph war er in der Tat, ebenso jedoch ein Experte in der Annäherung an das Nicht-Rationale, unter anderem in Form von Mythen. So wurde er auch als "Mythenerfinder" und "Mythologe" bezeichnet. Platon war ein Visionär, der es wagte, das Reich des Nicht-Rationalen auf systematische und disziplinierte Art zu erforschen. Insgesamt lässt sich Platons philosophisches Vorhaben als Streben nach einer umfassenden Sicht des organischen Ganzen klassifizieren. Der Ausdruck „Gestalt“ scheint die Ganzheit am ehesten zu beschreiben. Platon kann als prominentester und auch als letzter Repräsentant der antiken Philosophie angesehen werden, der die Entwicklung einer Gestalt-Philosophie anstrebte. Plato is one of the most influential philosophers of all time. He decisively shaped the profile and canon of western philosophy. Criticism of what has become known as Platonism has been continuously nourished by the difficulties of interpreting this philosopher's writings. Plato is commonly viewed as a purely rational philosopher. A philosopher he was indeed, but Plato was also an expert in approaching the non-rational, in the form of mythology among others. Plato has been called a "mythmaker" and a "mythologist". Plato was a visionary who dared to explore the realm of the non-rational in a systematic and disciplined way. In an overall comparison, Plato's philosophical enterprise strives for a comprehensive perspective on the organic whole. The expression "Gestalt" seems to come closest to describing the wholeness. Plato may be considered to be the most prominent representative of classical philosophy to develop a Gestalt philosophy and also the last to do so in antiquity.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,592

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

The Inner Violence of Reason: Re‐reading Heidegger via Education.Vasco D'Agnese - 2015 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 49 (3):435-455.
The Relationship between Faith, Reason, and Will in Augustine.Özden Özkaya Demirhan - 2022 - Entelekya Logico-Metaphysical Review 6 (2):19-38.
Aristotle's Conception of Practical Truth.Christiana Megan Meyvis Olfert - 2014 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 52 (2):205-231.
Truth, truthfulness and philosophy in Plato and Nietzsche.David Simpson - 2007 - British Journal for the History of Philosophy 15 (2):339 – 360.
On Truth.Simon Blackburn - 2018 - New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Plato on the Metaphysical Foundation of Meaning and Truth.Blake E. Hestir - 2016 - Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
The Chrysippus intuition and contextual theories of truth.Jay Newhard - 2009 - Philosophical Studies 142 (3):345-352.
Lessons on Truth from Kant.Gila Sher - 2017 - Analytic Philosophy 58 (3):171-201.
Plato on the Enslavement of Reason.Mark A. Johnstone - 2020 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 50 (3):382-394.
Critical Theology, Committed Philosophy.Jean-Pierre Fortin - 2015 - Philosophy and Theology 27 (1):25-54.
Plato On Truth And Falsity In Names.J. V. Luce - 1969 - Classical Quarterly 19 (02):222-.
Plato On Truth And Falsity In Names.J. V. Luce - 1969 - Classical Quarterly 19 (2):222-232.

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-12-08

Downloads
5 (#1,533,504)

6 months
4 (#779,041)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references