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Plato's Parmenides is very commonly read as a turning-point in Plato's philosophical development. Most contemporary scholars agree with the view that Plato seriously criticizes his theory of Forms in this dialogue. According to some proponents of this view, Plato deemed these criticisms too damaging to his theory of Forms, and subsequently abandoned this theory. Other proponents of the serious-self-criticism view argue that, instead of abandoning his theory of Forms, Plato lays the foundations of a new and improved theory of Forms in Parmenides—there is little agreement on what this new theory entails. Against this prevailing scholarly wisdom, Mehmet Tabak illustrates that Parmenides is exclusively a satirical dialogue in which Plato attempts to expose the absurd nature of the doctrines and method of his philosophical opponents. Tabak's accessible, historically-sensitive, detailed, and comprehensive account is the first decisive illustration of this view, which has been sporadically defended for many centuries.
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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
Mehmet Tabak is the author of Dialectics of Human Nature in Marx's Philosophy and Dialectic in Hegel's History of Philosophy, Vol. 1. He is an adjunct professor at The Program of International Relations, New York University, USA.
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 113751535X
- ISBN 13 9781137515353
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages238
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