Plato's Theory of Explanation

Ashbaugh, Anne Freire

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Author
Ashbaugh, Anne Freire
Publish Date
1988-03-01
Subtitle
A Study of the Cosmological Account in the Timaeus
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
204
Publisher Name
5120
ISBN-10
0887066089
ISBN-13
9780887066085
citemno
270346
SKU
9780887066085

Description

Here is the question: what constitutes a good explanation of phenomena? Whereas true being (forms) can be known through dialectic, concrete phenomena can only be explained. An explanation is verisimilar of dialectical knowledge as concrete things are images of eternal ones. Ashbaugh shows how Plato subtly develops the notion of imaging and explaining, accounting for how physical things can be different from forms and how they are connected to forms.