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Parmenides and Presocratic philosophy /
John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly reconsiders his place in the historical development of Presocratic philosophy in light of this new interpretation. Careful treatment of Parmenides' specification of the ways of inquirythat define his metaphysical and epistemological outlook paves the way for detailed analyses of his arguments demon. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-404) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191571893 019157189X 9780199567904 0199567905 9780191721717 0191721719 9786612383434 6612383437 |