In this book, Eric Sanday boldly demonstrates that Plato's -theory of forms- is true, easy to understand, and relatively intuitive. Sanday argues that our chief obstacle to understanding the theory of forms is the distorting effect of the tacit metaphysical privileging of individual things in our everyday understanding. For Plato, this privileging of things that we can own, produce, exchange, and through which we gain mastery of our surroundings is a significant obstacle to philosophical education. The dialogue's chief philosophical work, then, is to destabilize this false privileging and, in...
In this book, Eric Sanday boldly demonstrates that Plato's -theory of forms- is true, easy to understand, and relatively intuitive. Sanday argues that...
Phenomenology and the Arts develops the interplay between phenomenology as a historical movement and a descriptive method within Continental philosophy and the arts. Divided into five themes, the book explores first how the phenomenological method itself is a kind of artistic endeavor that mirrors what it approaches when it turns to describe paintings, dramas, literature, and music. From there, the book turns to an analysis and commentary on specific works of art within the visual arts, literature, music, and sculpture. Contributors analyze important historical figures in phenomenology Kant,...
Phenomenology and the Arts develops the interplay between phenomenology as a historical movement and a descriptive method within Continental philosoph...
