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Plato’s Universe

Gregory Vlastos

Philosophy 51 (198):483-485 (1975)

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Proportionate Atomism: Solving the Problem of Isomorphic Variants in Plato’s Timaeus.Lea Aurelia Schroeder - 2023 - Phronesis 68 (1):31-61.details The principles governing elemental composition, variation, and change in Plato’s Timaeus appear to be incompatible, which has led commentators to prioritize some of the principles to the exclusion of others. Call this seeming incompatibility the problem of isomorphic variants. In this paper, I develop the theory of proportionate atomism as a solution to this problem. Proportionate atomism retains the advantages of rival interpretations but allows the principles of material composition, variation, and change to combine into an internally coherent and explanatorily (...) powerful atomic physics. (shrink) Download Export citation Bookmark
On the dimensionality of surfaces, solids, and spaces.Ernest W. Adams - 1986 - Erkenntnis 24 (2):137 - 201.details Download Export citation Bookmark 5 citations
¿Tiene Anaxímenes una teoría del cambio?Daniel Graham - 2003 - Tópicos: Revista de Filosofía 25 (1):11-18.details Por mucho tiempo se ha sostenido que, de entre los primeros presocráticos, Anaxímenes es quien poseía la teoría más detallada sobre el cambio. En efecto, su teoría del cambio fue una de sus contribuciones fundamentales a la historia de la filosofía. Hace treinta años esa opinión fue puesta en tela de juicio y el argumento fue recientemente repetido en una edición revisada de Anaxímenes. Hasta el momento, no tengo noticia de que tal cuestión haya sido respondida. En el presente ensayo (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
On Philolaus’ astronomy.Daniel W. Graham - 2015 - Archive for History of Exact Sciences 69 (2):217-230.details In Philolaus’ cosmology, the earth revolves around a central fire along with the other heavenly bodies, including a planet called the counter-earth which orbits below the earth. His theory can account for most astronomical phenomena. A common criticism of his theory since ancient times is that his counter-earth does no work in the system. Yet ancient sources say the planet was supposed to account for some lunar eclipses. A reconstruction of Philolaus’ cosmology shows how lunar eclipses occurring at certain times (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 2 citations
A Philosophical Discourse of the Earth.Svitlana Pylypenko & Olha Ivashchenko - 2022 - Философия И Космология 28:22-31.details The authors examined a philosophical discourse of the Earth in the New History. The purpose of the study is to prove the practical importance of the philosophical discourse of the Earth for advancing human civilization. The nature of philosophy means the transformation of the discourse and the way of human life in accordance with the intelligible complexity of the Earth and the Universe. A holistic view of the Earth and the Universe is used by humans in the proclaimed cultural ideal, (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Proclus on Nature: Philosophy of Nature and its Methods in Proclus’ Commentary on Plato’s timaeus.Marije Martijn - 2010 - Brill.details One of the hardest questions to answer for a (Neo)platonist is to what extent and how the changing and unreliable world of sense perception can itself be an object of scientific knowledge. My dissertation is a study of the answer given to that question by the Neoplatonist Proclus (Athens, 411-485) in his Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus. I present a new explanation of Proclus’ concept of nature and show that philosophy of nature consists of several related subdisciplines matching the ontological stratification (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 10 citations

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