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On 5-6 April 1991, there was a conference on Kant at Florida State
University; this volume collects the (revised versions ofthe)
papers presented on that occasion. The occasion was, give or take a
few months, the 90th birthday of Professor (Emeritus) William H.
Werkmeister. Werkie (as all his friends call hirn) hirnself gave
the final paper at this conference. Hence the inclusion of a paper
by Werkie in a volume honoring hirn. Although he is primarily known
for his expertise in the field of Kantian philosophy, Werkie's
published scholarship has spanned a wide range of subjects for more
than fifty years: his first book, A Philosophy of Science, appeared
in 1940; today, among other endeavors, he is at work on a book on
Heidegger, and there have been other books and more than a hundred
papers in between. Readers interested in fuller biographical
information about Werkie should consult the first three papers in
the 1 Festschrift celebrating his eightieth hirthday in 1981. Since
then, Werkie's activities have continued without much letup. He no
longer teaches regularly, hut he gives frequent colloquia in the
Philosophy Department here, participates in conferences on Kant
around the world, and continues to puhlish, particularly on Kant
and Nicolai Hartmann. Wayne McEvilly, 'The Teacher Remembered';
Charles H.
On 5-6 April 1991, there was a conference on Kant at Florida State
University; this volume collects the (revised versions ofthe)
papers presented on that occasion. The occasion was, give or take a
few months, the 90th birthday of Professor (Emeritus) William H.
Werkmeister. Werkie (as all his friends call hirn) hirnself gave
the final paper at this conference. Hence the inclusion of a paper
by Werkie in a volume honoring hirn. Although he is primarily known
for his expertise in the field of Kantian philosophy, Werkie's
published scholarship has spanned a wide range of subjects for more
than fifty years: his first book, A Philosophy of Science, appeared
in 1940; today, among other endeavors, he is at work on a book on
Heidegger, and there have been other books and more than a hundred
papers in between. Readers interested in fuller biographical
information about Werkie should consult the first three papers in
the 1 Festschrift celebrating his eightieth hirthday in 1981. Since
then, Werkie's activities have continued without much letup. He no
longer teaches regularly, hut he gives frequent colloquia in the
Philosophy Department here, participates in conferences on Kant
around the world, and continues to puhlish, particularly on Kant
and Nicolai Hartmann. Wayne McEvilly, 'The Teacher Remembered';
Charles H.
This study began as a paper. It got out of hand. It had help doing
that. Oswaldo Chateaubriand, Ronald Haver, Paul Horwich, Bernie
Katz, Norman Kretzmann, Stanley Martens, Stephen Pink, Michael
Stokes, Eleanor Stump, Bill Ulrich, Celia Wolf, and a lot of other
people questioned or criticized or helped reformulate one or
another of the arguments and interpretations along the way. In
spite of (maybe partly because of) their efforts, the book is full
of mistakes. At least, induction over previous drafts indicates
that irresistibly. But I do not, right now, know of any particular
mistakes. All but a couple of the translations are mine (the
exceptions are noted). That is not because existing translations
are bad, but because some uniformity was essential. The
translations often make unpleasant reading. So, often, does
Aristotle; I have tried to be literal. A text and translation of
the passage on which the book centers is in Appendix III. Footnotes
cite literature by author and (sometimes abbreviated) title.
Details are in the bibliography. I do not profess to have covered
all the literature. An enormous amount of editorial work was done
by Margaret Mundy. She was not able to undo the errors that remain.
In particular, the footnotes are often numbered oddly: '4', '4a',
'4b', etc.
Scholars of Plato are divided between those who emphasize the
literature of the dialogues and those who emphasize the argument of
the dialogues, and between those who see a development in the
thought of the dialogues and those who do not. In this important
book Russell Dancy focuses on the arguments and defends a
developmental picture. He explains the Theory of Forms of the
Phaedo and Symposium as an outgrowth of the quest for definitions
canvassed in the Socratic dialogues, by constructing a Theory of
Definition for the Socratic dialogues based on the refutations of
definitions in those dialogues, and showing how that theory is
mirrored in the Theory of Forms. His discussion, notable for both
its clarity and its meticulous scholarship, ranges in detail over a
number of Plato's early and middle dialogues, and will be of
interest to readers in Plato studies and in ancient philosophy more
generally.
Scholars of Plato are divided between those who emphasize the
literature of the dialogues and those who emphasize the argument of
the dialogues, and between those who see a development in the
thought of the dialogues and those who do not. In this important
book Russell Dancy focuses on the arguments and defends a
developmental picture. He explains the Theory of Forms of the
Phaedo and Symposium as an outgrowth of the quest for definitions
canvassed in the Socratic dialogues, by constructing a Theory of
Definition for the Socratic dialogues based on the refutations of
definitions in those dialogues, and showing how that theory is
mirrored in the Theory of Forms. His discussion, notable for both
its clarity and its meticulous scholarship, ranges in detail over a
number of Plato's early and middle dialogues, and will be of
interest to readers in Plato studies and in ancient philosophy more
generally.
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