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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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Naomi Reshotko, ed., Desire, Identity and Existence: Essays in Honour of TM Penner Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 24 (5): 357-359. 2004.Review of Desire, Identity and Existence, edited by Naomi Reshotko.
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72Aristotle (review)Ancient Philosophy 29 (1): 217-220. 2009.Review of Aristotle: Metaphysics Theta, translated and annotated by S. Makin
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