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Alexandre Losev

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  •  179
    The Pythagorean method in the Philebus
    Philosophia: E-Journal for Philosophy and Culture 30 207-228. 2023.
    The well-known connection between the extant fragments of Philolaus and Plato’s Philebus is examined in its methodological aspect. By drawing on more texts, it is shown that Plato was aware of an explanatory scheme that can be attributed to Pythagoreanism. His attempt to modify it is also outlined, which sets the historical-philosophical perspective.
    Plato: Epistemology, MiscPythagoreansEpistemologyPlato: Philebus
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    Plato‘s Quincunxes
    Philosophia: E-Journal for Philosophy and Culture 26 200-209. 2020.
    The Five Greatest Kinds discussed in Plato‘s Sophist are taken to be just one instance of a fivefold structure found in various related texts. Contemporary linguistic theories are a source for ideas about its functioning.
    Plato: Epistemology
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    Wittgenstein, the antiphilosopher, and mathematics
    Philosophia: E-Journal for Philosophy and Culture 6 42-48. 2014.
    Alain Badiou's description of antiphilosophers evidenced traits which are shown to be concretely present in Wittgenstein's attitude to mathematical ideas.
    Other Academic Areas, Misc
  •  364
    Being in Heidegger's Shoes
    NotaBene 25 -. 2013.
    Heidegger's comments about a pair of shoes painted by van Gogh are read with attention to their historical context.
    Philosophical Traditions, Misc
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    Mythological Mathematics: Plato’s Timaeus
    Philosophical Alternatives 1 (6): 141-147. 2014.
    Reading the Timaeus as an early attempt at mathematizing natural science runs into serious difficulties. The so-called Platonic Solids are five in number, more by one than the traditional 'elements'. Plato provides a proportional ratio for these elements but this ratio fails to tie in with their geometrical features. Appealing to the authority of mathematics appears to be a rhetorical move with no further consequences.
    Plato: TimaeusPlato: MathematicsPlato: CosmologyPlato: MythsPlato: Natural Science
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    Aristotle's Categories, why 10?
    Philosophical Alternatives (6): 101-111. 2019.
    Aristotle‘s categories are presented as a system relying on logic and syntax instead of on meanings. His square of oppositions is found to be of crucial importance.
    Aristotle: Logic and Philosophy of Language, Misc
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    De Caelo and Timaeus
    Philosophical Alternatives (6): 47-61. 2016.
    Plato's Timaeus is taken as a background for certain views presented by Aristotle in his On the Heavens. The author discusses possible arguments for introducing a new (“fifth”) element.
    Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, MiscPlato: Timaeus
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    Morpho-logical Investigations: Wittgenstein and Spengler
    Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy 4. 2012.
    The influence of Spengler on Wittgenstein's philosophical development is considered. The point of interest is in a significant methodological restructuring which it appears to have produced. After an initial over-enthusiastic reception, Wittgenstein is seen to object on some points which he attempted to emend in his own philosophy. Spengler's name disappeared inreworked manuscripts but traces persist in the Philosophical Investigations and an important section (§89-133) is found to be connected…Read more
    Ludwig Wittgenstein