Forms and Concepts

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Forms and Concepts is written by Christoph Helmig and published by Walter de Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110267241 (ISBN 10) and 9783110267242 (ISBN 13).

Forms and Concepts is the first comprehensive study of the central role of concepts and concept acquisition in the Platonic tradition. It sets up a stimulating dialogue between Plato’s innatist approach and Aristotle’s much more empirical response. The primary aim is to analyze and assess the strategies with which Platonists responded to Aristotle’s (and Alexander of Aphrodisias’) rival theory. The monograph culminates in a careful reconstruction of the elaborate attempt undertaken by the Neoplatonist Proclus (6th century AD) to devise a systematic Platonic theory of concept acquisition.