Parmenides' Grand Deduction
Author | : Michael Vernon Wedin |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198715474 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198715471 |
Rating | : 4/5 (471 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Parmenides' Grand Deduction by : Michael Vernon Wedin
Download or read book Parmenides' Grand Deduction written by Michael Vernon Wedin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael V. Wedin presents a rigorous reconstruction of the deductions in Parmenides' 'Way of Truth': the most important philosophical treatise before Plato and Aristotle. He answers criticisms which claim that Parmenides' arguments are shot through with logical fallacies, and argues against natural explanations of Parmenides in the Ionian tradition.