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Plato on Necessity and Chaos

Andrew S. Mason

Philosophical Studies 127 (2):283-298 (2006)

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Cosmologias de antípodas.Juliano C. S. Neves - 2021 - Veritas – Revista de Filosofia da Pucrs 66 (1):e37956.details Nietzsche colocou-se como um antípoda a Platão. Mas em questões cosmológicas, o eterno retorno nietzschiano tem também alguns pontos em comum à cosmologia platônica descrita no Timeu. A finitude espacial, a ciclicidade cósmica e a ética cosmológica dizem respeito às semelhanças, já a infinitude temporal, a teleologia e a necessidade afastam os filósofos. Então, neste trabalho, aponto proximidades e afastamentos entre os dois filósofos em questões cosmológicas, além de sugerir alguma atualidade de suas concepções em relação à nossa ciência. Como (...) No categories Direct download (2 more) Export citation Bookmark
Plato’s Timaeus and the Limits of Natural Science.Ian MacFarlane - 2023 - Apeiron 56 (3):495-517.details The relationship between mind and necessity is one of the major points of difficulty for the interpretation of Plato’s Timaeus. At times Timaeus seems to say the demiurge is omnipotent in his creation, and at other times seems to say he is limited by pre-existing matter. Most interpretations take one of the two sides, but this paper proposes a novel approach to interpreting this issue which resolves the difficulty. This paper suggests that in his speech Timaeus presents two hypothetical models (...) Plato: Cosmology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Natural Science in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Teleology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Timaeus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (3 more) Export citation Bookmark
Pre-Cosmic Necessity in Plato's Timaeus.Elizabeth Jelinek - 2011 - Apeiron 44 (3):287-305.details One aim of this paper is to bring to the surface the problems with the traditional, non-literal interpretation of the pre-cosmos in the Timaeus. Contrary to this traditional interpretation, I show that Necessity is an ateleological cause capable of bringing about the events in the pre-cosmos, and that Intelligence is a teleological cause that produces effects only for the sake of maximizing the good. I conclude that there are no grounds for supposing that Intelligence is a causal force operating in (...) Plato: Cosmology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Metaphysics, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Natural Science in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Teleology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Timaeus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (3 more) Export citation Bookmark 6 citations
Limite, illimitato, prima mescolanza: il ruolo del "Filebo" nel "De animae procreatione in Timaeo" di Plutarco.Francesco Caruso - 2021 - Plato Journal 21:125-147.details Recent scholarship has recognized some thematic connections related to onto-cosmological issues between two late Platonic dialogues, such as Philebus and Timaeus, and has tried to explain them in different ways. The aim of this paper is to contribute to such a debate by analysing an ancient exegesis of Timaeus 35a1-b4, that of Plutarch of Chaeronea, which made use of the ontological sections of the Philebus in his treatise on the cosmogony of the Timaeus. More specifically, this analysis will show that (...) Plato: Philebus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (2 more) Export citation Bookmark
The Soul’s Tool: Plato on the Usefulness of the Body.Douglas R. Campbell - 2022 - Elenchos 43 (1):7-27.details This paper concerns Plato’s characterization of the body as the soul’s tool. I take perception as an example of the body’s usefulness. I explore the Timaeus’ view that perception provides us with models of orderliness. Then, I argue that perception of confusing sensible objects is necessary for our cognitive development too. Lastly, I consider the instrumentality relationship more generally and its place in Plato’s teleological worldview. Plato, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Ethics in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Immortality of the Soul in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Knowledge and Belief in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Metaphysics, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Moral Psychology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Natural Science in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Perception in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Teleology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Theology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Timaeus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (3 more) Export citation Bookmark 2 citations
Self‐Motion and Cognition: Plato's Theory of the Soul.Douglas R. Campbell - 2021 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 59 (4):523-544.details I argue that Plato believes that the soul must be both the principle of motion and the subject of cognition because it moves things specifically by means of its thoughts. I begin by arguing that the soul moves things by means of such acts as examination and deliberation, and that this view is developed in response to Anaxagoras. I then argue that every kind of soul enjoys a kind of cognition, with even plant souls having a form of Aristotelian discrimination (...) Plato: Cosmology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Demiurge in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Exact Sciences in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Immortality of the Soul in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Knowledge and Belief in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Moral Psychology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Natural Science in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Perception in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Phaedo in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Phaedrus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Teleology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (5 more) Export citation Bookmark 6 citations
Plato on Sunaitia.Douglas R. Campbell - 2023 - Apeiron 56 (4):739-768.details I argue that Plato thinks that a sunaition is a mere tool used by a soul (or by the cosmic nous) to promote an intended outcome. In the first section, I develop the connection between sunaitia and Plato’s teleology. In the second section, I argue that sunaitia belong to Plato’s theory of the soul as a self-mover: specifically, they are those things that are set in motion by the soul in the service of some goal. I also argue against several (...) Aristotle: Causation in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Causation in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Change in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Cosmology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Demiurge in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Phaedo in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Politicus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Teleology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Theology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Timaeus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (3 more) Export citation Bookmark
Eros and Necessity in the Ascent from the Cave.Rachel Barney - 2008 - Ancient Philosophy 28 (2):357-72.details A generally ignored feature of Plato’s celebrated image of the cave in Republic VII is that the ascent from the cave is, in its initial stages, said to be brought about by force. What kind of ‘force’ is this, and why is it necessary? This paper considers three possible interpretations, and argues that each may have a role to play. Plato: Eros in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Republic in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (5 more) Export citation Bookmark 6 citations
Plato on Necessity and Disorder.Olof Pettersson - 2013 - Frontiers of Philosophy in China (BRILL) 8 (4):546-565.details In the Timaeus, Plato makes a distinction between reason and necessity. This distinction is often accounted for as a distinction between two types of causation: purpose oriented causation and mechanistic causation. While reason is associated with the soul and taken to bring about its effects with the good and the beautiful as the end, necessity is understood in terms of a set of natural laws pertaining to material things. In this paper I shall suggest that there are reasons to reconsider (...) Plato: Causation in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Natural Science in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Timaeus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Export citation Bookmark 2 citations
A Multiform Desire.Olof Pettersson - 2013 - Dissertation, Uppsala Universitydetails This dissertation is a study of appetite in Plato’s Timaeus, Republic and Phaedrus. In recent research is it often suggested that Plato considers appetite (i) to pertain to the essential needs of the body, (ii) to relate to a distinct set of objects, e.g. food or drink, and (iii) to cause behaviour aiming at sensory pleasure. Exploring how the notion of appetite, directly and indirectly, connects with Plato’s other purposes in these dialogues, this dissertation sets out to evaluate these ideas. (...) Plato: Moral Psychology in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Phaedrus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Republic in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Timaeus in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (2 more) Export citation Bookmark 3 citations

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