and specifically metaphysics, the theory of Forms, theory of Ideas, Platonic idealism, or Platonic realism is a theory widely credited to the Classical...
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attempted to drag them out of the cave (517a). The allegory is related to Plato's theory of Forms, according to which the "Forms" (or "Ideas"), and not the...
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Plato's Theory of Forms, in which Forms are defined as perfect, eternal, and changeless concepts existing outside space and time, the Form of the Good is...
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Plato (redirect from Complete works of Plato)
contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was...
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theory. Modular forms appear in other areas, such as algebraic topology, sphere packing, and string theory. Modular form theory is a special case of the...
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Cratylus (dialogue) (category Dialogues of Plato)
theory of forms also makes an appearance. For example, no matter what a hammer is made out of, it is still called a "hammer", and thus is the form of...
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Chern–Simons forms are certain secondary characteristic classes. The theory is named for Shiing-Shen Chern and James Harris Simons, co-authors of a 1974 paper...
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Parmenides (dialogue) (category Dialogues of Plato)
(133a) by Parmenides, the theory of Forms arises as a consequence of the assertion of the separate existence of the Forms. Forms do not exist in our world...
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Commodity form theory is a theory of jurisprudence advanced by the Soviet legal theorist Evgeny Pashukanis. The theory argues that the legal form is the...
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Theory of forms, asserts that ideas possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality Value-form, an approach to understanding the origins of commodity...
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