One over Many

Necip Fikri Alican is a philosopher specializing in ethics and metaphysics, both especially from a historical perspective.

Foreword: Exploring Plato's Forms
Nicholas D. Smith

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Plato's World: The Standard Model
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Why Two Worlds?
1.3 What Are the Forms?
1.4 How Does It All Work?
1.5 Conclusion

Chapter 2: Rethinking Plato's Forms
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Stratification of Reality
2.3 A Two-Level Model
2.4 Classification of Forms
2.5 Terminological Clues and Methodological Observations
2.6 Ideal Forms
2.7 Conceptual Forms
2.8 Relational Forms
2.9 First Principles
2.10 Negative Forms?
2.11 Conclusion

Chapter 3: Rethought Forms: How Do They Work?
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The General Enterprise
3.3 The Stratification of Reality
3.4 The Classification of Forms
3.5 The Continuum of Abstraction
3.6 Conclusion

Chapter 4: A Horse Is a Horse, of Course, of Course, but What about Horseness?
4.1 Bunny in the Clouds
4.2 Horses and Horseness
4.3 Modes of Existence
4.4 Second Sailing

Chapter 5: Ontological Symmetry in Plato: Formless Things and Empty Forms
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Evidence
5.3 Formless Things
5.4 Empty Forms
5.5 Conclusion

Chapter 6: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Does Plato Make Room for Negative Forms in His Ontology?
6.1 The Question of Negative Forms in Plato
6.2 Embracing Negative Forms with Debra Nails
6.3 Rejecting Negative Forms with Holger Thesleff
6.4 The Semblance and Structure of Negativity in Plato
6.5 The Relevance and Supremacy of the Good in Plato

Chapter 7: Between a Form and a Hard Place: The Problem of Intermediates in Plato
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Plato through Aristotle
7.3 Aristotle as Historian
7.4 Discrepancies and Contradictions
7.5 Implications for Reliability
7.6 Plato through Plato
7.7 Conclusion

Works Cited
Index