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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmer, John Anderson, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1 Parmenides' Place in Histories of Presocratic Philosophy; 2 Parmenides' Three Ways; 3 The Way of the Goddess and the Way of Mortals; 4 What Must Be and What Is and Is Not; 5 Zeno, Melissus, and Parmenides; 6 Anaxagoras and Parmenides; 7 Empedocles' Element Theory and Parmenides; 8 Parmenides' Place in Presocratic Philosophy; Appendix: The Fragments of Parmenides' Poem; Bibliography; Index locorum; General index.