Making Room for Particulars
Plato’s Receptacle as Space, Not Substratum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23205348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Buckels (University of the Pacific, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 303-328 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Apeiron (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-6390 • E-ISSN: 2156-7093 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/apeiron-2016-0006 |
| OpenAlex | W2330488519 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
The “traditional” interpretation of the Receptacle in Plato’s Timaeus maintains that its parts act as substrata to ordinary particulars such as dogs and tables: particulars are form-matter compounds to which Forms supply properties and the Receptacle supplies a substratum, as well as a space in which these compounds come to be. I argue, against this view, that parts of the Receptacle cannot act as substrata for those particulars. I also argue, making use of contemporary discussions of supersubstantivalism, against a substratum interpretation that separates substratum and space in the Timaeus .
Biology · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Living matter · Receptacle · Space (punctuation) · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Ecology · Historical Philosophy and Science · Paleontology · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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The Relation of the Timaeus to Plato's Later Dialogues
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Nature and Divinity in Plato's Timaeus
On the Metaphysics of the Image in Plato’s Timaeus
Plato and Talk of a World in Flux
Bare Particulars”
Matter and Flux in Plato's Timaeus
Timaean Particulars
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |