Plato's Theory of Stuffs

Philosophy 58 (225):315 - 327 (1983)
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Abstract

The theory of forms makes a very poor theory of universals. It-or at least the "phaedo's" version of it-makes excellent sense as a theory of the elemental stuffs from which everything is made. This is shown by a detailed examination of all that this "phaedo" has to say about forms

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