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3Monte Ransome Johnson, Aristotle on Teleology Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 26 (5): 360-362. 2006.Review of Monte Johnson, Aristotle on Telelogy.
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3William Jordan, Ancient Concepts of Philosophy Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 16 (3): 176-178. 1996.Review of Ancient Concepts of Philosophy by William Jordan.
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983Forms and Causes in Plato's PhaedoDionysius 13 3-15. 1989.Gregory Vlastos has argued that Aristotle and other commentators on the Phaedo have mistakenly interpreted Plato’s Forms to be efficient causes. While Vlastos is correct that the Forms by themselves are not efficient causes, because of his neo-Kantianism he has misunderstood the close connection between the Forms and the explanation of change, including teleological change. This paper explores the connection in Plato’s Phaedo between the Forms, the nature of change, and efficient causality, an…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
| Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
| History of Western Philosophy |
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