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WHOLE-PART DILEMMA: A COMPOSITIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF PLATO’S THEORY OF FORMS

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Park S. S.
Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
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2022
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vol. 29
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issue 2
246 – 267
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In this paper, I suggest a way of resolving the whole-part dilemma suggested in the Parmenides. Specifically, I argue that grabbing the second horn of the dilemma does not pose a significant challenge. To argue for this, I consider two theses about Forms, namely, the oneness and indivisibility theses. More specifically, I argue that the second horn does not violate the oneness thesis if we treat composition as identity and that the indivisibility thesis ought to be reinterpreted given Plato’s later dialogues. By doing so, I suggest a compositional understanding of Plato’s theory of Forms, which can resolve the whole-part dilemma.
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