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180The logic of the third manPhilosophical Review 80 (4): 448-475. 1971.The main lines of interpretation offered to date of the Third Man Argument in Plato's Parmenides (132a1-b2) are considered and rejected. A new, set-theoretic, reconstruction of the argument is offered. It is concluded that the philosophical point of the argument is different from what it has been generally supposed to be: Plato is pointing out the logical shortcomings in his earlier formulated principle of One-Over-Many.
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Areas of Specialization
| Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
| Metaphysics |
| Philosophy of Language |
| Logic and Philosophy of Logic |