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After Parmenides

Idealism, Realism, and Epistemic Constructivism
By Tom Rockmore
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After Parmenides by Tom Rockmore explores the evolution of Western philosophical thought following the ideas of Parmenides, a pre-Socratic philosopher known for his views on being. Rockmore delves into how Parmenides' influence has shaped and challenged subsequent philosophers, examining the dialogues between timeless philosophical concepts and modern understandings. This book provides a deep dive into the ongoing discourse on reality, existence, and knowledge, blending historical analysis with contemporary reflections.
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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by the exploration of ancient philosophical ideas and their influence on modern thought. It offers a fascinating examination of the enduring impact of pre-Socratic philosophy, particularly examining how Parmenides' ideas continue to shape contemporary philosophical discussions. If you're interested in the crossroads of ancient and modern philosophy, this read could be both enlightening and thought-provoking.

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After Parmenides

Engages with one of the oldest philosophical problems—the relationship between thought and being—and offers a fresh perspective with which to approach the long history of this puzzle.

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Engages with one of the oldest philosophical problems—the relationship between thought and being—and offers a fresh perspective with which to approach the long history of this puzzle.

In After Parmenides, Tom Rockmore takes us all the way back to the beginning of Western philosophy, when Parmenides asserted that thought and being are the same. This idea created a division between what the mind constructs as knowable entities and the idea that there is also a mind-independent real, which we can know or fail to know.

Rockmore argues that we need to give up on the idea of knowing the real as it is, and instead focus on the objects of cognition that our mind constructs. Though we cannot know mind-independent objects as they “really” are, we can and do know objects as they appear to us.

After Parmenides charts the continual engagement with these ideas of the real and the knowable throughout philosophical history from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, and others. This ambitious book shows how new connections can be made in the history of philosophy when it is reread through a new lens.

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After Parmenides by Tom Rockmore delves into the enduring debate between idealism and realism, originating from Parmenides' assertion that thought and being are synonymous. The book has been praised for its clarity and depth in exploring these philosophical themes, proposing constructivism as a viable alternative to traditional epistemology. Rockmore's insightful analysis and compelling argument in favour of constructivism make this work highly recommended for academics in philosophy and related fields.

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ISBN: 9780226795423

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 October 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 208

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Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Tom Rockmore

About the Author

Tom Rockmore is chair professor, professor of philosophy, and member of the Institute of Foreign Philosophy. He has published many books, including, most recently, Kant and Phenomenology, Art and Truth after Plato, German Idealism as Constructivism, and Marx’s Dream: From Capitalism to Communism, all also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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