Comments on "The Thesis of Parmenides"Review of Metaphysics, 1969 - 9 pages |
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according to Kahn actually exists affairs analogue argument in Parmenides aspect assertions audience certain F characterizes this entity claim concepts confusion context distinction dualism Early Greek Eleatic exclusive alternatives explanation fact or situation falsehood familiar charge Furth fusion grammat Greek verb Heraclitus historically History of Philosophy idea identifying iff there actually interpretation of Parmenides Kahn's formulation Kahn's interpretation language logical metaphor Metaphysics modal clauses monism mutatis mutandis negative existential negative facts Non-being nonexistence object for cognition objectionable Ontology Parmen Parmenidean routes perceptive philosopher Plato and Aristotle plausibility pre-Socratics predication and existence problem pronoun proposition quantifier quest question reality reconstruct rejection relevant route becomes routes of fr routes of inquiry say that Parmenides second route sense signposts simple situation which characterizes speak subject entity THESIS OF PARMENIDES things stand tinguished tion tional Tractatus true iff Truth ultimately veridical eva veridical interpretation Wittgenstein ἔστι