The ontology of images in Plato’s Timaeus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21597905 |
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| Authors | Samuel Meister (0000-0001-7991-1824, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 909-930 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal for the History of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0960-8788 • E-ISSN: 1469-3526 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09608788.2022.2098689 |
| OpenAlex | W4288698319 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
In the Timaeus, Plato offers an account of the sensible world in terms of ‘images’ of forms. Often, images are taken to be particulars: either objects or particular property instances (tropes). Contrary to that trend, I argue that, roughly, images are general characteristics that are immanent in Plato’s receptacle. Moreover, I distinguish between simple images, which just are general characteristics, and complex images, which are bundles of general characteristics. Overall, then, the entire sensible world can be analysed in terms of immanent general characteristics, the receptacle, and forms, and fundamentally, there is no place for particulars in the sensible world. I end by arguing that my interpretation of the ontology of images is compatible with Timaeus’ construction of sensible entities from triangles
Epistemology · Linguistics · Ontology · Receptacle · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
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Making Room for Particulars
The Third Kind in Plato's Timaeus
Plato's Natural Philosophy
Plato on Parts and Wholes
A Much Misread Passage of the Timaeus (Timaeus 49 C 7-50 B 5)
The Relation of the Timaeus to Plato's Later Dialogues
Plato's Individuals
The Role of the Timaeus in the Development of Plato’s Late Ontology
A Likely Account of Necessity
Philosophos
On the Metaphysics of the Image in Plato’s Timaeus
Plato and Talk of a World in Flux
Matter and Flux in Plato's Timaeus
The Gold A nalogy in Plato's Timaeus (50 a 4 - b 5)
Plato, Timaeus 52c2-5
Timaean Particulars
The Place of the Timaeus in Plato's Dialogues
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