GEOFF BOVE. Born Canada 1969. Became Turkish Citizen 2007. Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Art, History of Ideas, Classics. Address: https://web.itu.edu.tr/~gbove/
This thesis examines the fragments of Parmenides\u27 poem On Nature . I attempt to determine the ... more This thesis examines the fragments of Parmenides\u27 poem On Nature . I attempt to determine the referent of what is or Being in the extant fragments, and to resolve a dispute between thinkers who consider Parmenides to be a materialist and those who hold that he is an idealist. My position is that Parmenides Being is an abstract unitary totality which represents the $\rm\kappa o\sigma\mu o\varsigma$ when thought about correctly. The only way to correctly understand Being is to think unitarily, and to deny the validity of material characterisations of Being. Being cannot be thought of as an aggregate of corporeal beings, nor can it be thought of as generated in the Pythagorean manner. It is my belief that Parmenides must be seen against the backdrop of Pythagoreanism, and not Milesian philosophy. Once we understand this important historical fact, some of the imagery employed by Parmenides becomes clearer, as does his project as a metaphysician. In the course of the thesis I offer a ...
ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, 2020
In this article, I argue that Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas read a certain passage of Aristo... more In this article, I argue that Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas read a certain passage of Aristotle's Metaphysics on the nature of metaphysical curiosity in a way that is inconsistent with the earlier reading of the same passage by Alexander of Aphrodisias. The passage has to do with Aristotle's use of mechanical automata as a metaphor for kinetic mimesis in his metaphysics. The result of the variant reading of the passage in question is that these Scholastic readings emphasize universal causality as a vehicle of “wonder banishment” in metaphysics at the expense of recognizing the key metaphysical principle that Aristotle is suggesting. Such readings actually turn out to be difficult to maintain with the example of mechanical automata that Aristotle employs. I argue that the absence of the availability of Alexander's commentary to Albert and Aquinas contributes to their variant and inconsistent reading. There are three main parts and a conclusion. Part I discusses the p...
Müzelerde yer alan kült eserlerin ürünleştirilmesi üzerinden temelde Efes Artemisi'ni odağına ala... more Müzelerde yer alan kült eserlerin ürünleştirilmesi üzerinden temelde Efes Artemisi'ni odağına alan bu çalışmada, kült bir figürün metalaştırılarak ticari bir ürüne dönüştürülmesi ve kültürel bağlamda üretimi, barındırdığı anlamlar bütünlüğü ekseninde semiolojik bir bakış açısıyla irdelenmektedir. Soyut bir kavramın somut bir ticari ürüne dönüşmesi, kült imgenin replika olarak yeniden üretimi veya yeniden yorumlanması şeklinde gerçekleşmektedir. Nihai ürünler, "özgünlük" vasfına sahip olabilme potansiyellerini, semiyotik olarak kendi bünyelerinde barındırdıkları, eserin orijinalinden ürüne aktarılmış olan anlamlara borçludur. Fiziksel mağazalarda yer alan ve hatıra objesi kimliği altında satılan ürünler, satın alındıkları yer ve tarih itibariyle belirli bir seyahatin anısını temsil etme, yapılan ziyaretin hatırlatıcıları/hatıraları olma özelliğini taşırlar. Öte yandan, internet ortamında satılan veya birine hediye olarak alınan aynı ürünler, yer ve zamandan bağımsız oldukları için artık "hatırlatıcı" niteliğine sahip değillerdir. Dolayısıyla, müzelerde yer alan kült figürlerden ilhamla üretilen ürünlerin hatıra objesi vasfının yanında tüketici için farklı bir çekim veya cazibeye sahip olmaları gerekmektedir. Ürünlerin sahip olduğu bu cazibeyi yaratan etken söz konusu ürünlerin kült eserin veya imgenin-Artemis-ve onun niteliklerinin taşıdığı anlamların temsilleri olmalarıdır.
The Meno contains a host of puzzles and problems, not the least of which is the status of the the... more The Meno contains a host of puzzles and problems, not the least of which is the status of the theory of recollection in the dialogue. This essay aims to present both the theory of recollection and what has been called "Meno's Paradox" not as epistemological issues, but as issues of eristic and protreptic. I suggest that the true purpose of the Meno's use of the theory of recollection is to be found in the implicit and explicit caveats that Socrates uses to frame the theory. These caveats, which indicate that we should not take the theory of recollection as demonstrated or proven, ultimately justify interpreting Socrates' claims about the theory of recollection serving a protreptic rôle as definitive. This paper has three sections. Section I offers some preliminary remarks on the nature of philosophical protreptic as a literary genre of the fourth century in general and its employment in Plato. Section II distinguishes the geometry problem used to 'demonstrate' the theory of recollection is employed to solve from the problem of inquiry into virtue that Socrates and Meno are facing. I show that the two problem are disanalagous. I also discuss the character of Meno as susciptible to a certain kind of persuasion, and how Socrates converts Meno's questions about the possibility of philosophical enquiry into a sophistical paradox and offers the theory of recollection as a solution to it. Finally, Section III offers evidence that Plato provides us with a number of caveats and warnings about taking the theory of recollection in the Meno as serious epistemology, leading to the conclusion that Plato's primary purpose in employing it in the Meno is as a protreptic device meant to keep Meno on the path of philosophical inquiry.
This thesis examines the fragments of Parmenides\u27 poem On Nature . I attempt to determine the ... more This thesis examines the fragments of Parmenides\u27 poem On Nature . I attempt to determine the referent of what is or Being in the extant fragments, and to resolve a dispute between thinkers who consider Parmenides to be a materialist and those who hold that he is an idealist. My position is that Parmenides Being is an abstract unitary totality which represents the $\rm\kappa o\sigma\mu o\varsigma$ when thought about correctly. The only way to correctly understand Being is to think unitarily, and to deny the validity of material characterisations of Being. Being cannot be thought of as an aggregate of corporeal beings, nor can it be thought of as generated in the Pythagorean manner. It is my belief that Parmenides must be seen against the backdrop of Pythagoreanism, and not Milesian philosophy. Once we understand this important historical fact, some of the imagery employed by Parmenides becomes clearer, as does his project as a metaphysician. In the course of the thesis I offer a ...
ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, 2020
In this article, I argue that Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas read a certain passage of Aristo... more In this article, I argue that Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas read a certain passage of Aristotle's Metaphysics on the nature of metaphysical curiosity in a way that is inconsistent with the earlier reading of the same passage by Alexander of Aphrodisias. The passage has to do with Aristotle's use of mechanical automata as a metaphor for kinetic mimesis in his metaphysics. The result of the variant reading of the passage in question is that these Scholastic readings emphasize universal causality as a vehicle of “wonder banishment” in metaphysics at the expense of recognizing the key metaphysical principle that Aristotle is suggesting. Such readings actually turn out to be difficult to maintain with the example of mechanical automata that Aristotle employs. I argue that the absence of the availability of Alexander's commentary to Albert and Aquinas contributes to their variant and inconsistent reading. There are three main parts and a conclusion. Part I discusses the p...
Müzelerde yer alan kült eserlerin ürünleştirilmesi üzerinden temelde Efes Artemisi'ni odağına ala... more Müzelerde yer alan kült eserlerin ürünleştirilmesi üzerinden temelde Efes Artemisi'ni odağına alan bu çalışmada, kült bir figürün metalaştırılarak ticari bir ürüne dönüştürülmesi ve kültürel bağlamda üretimi, barındırdığı anlamlar bütünlüğü ekseninde semiolojik bir bakış açısıyla irdelenmektedir. Soyut bir kavramın somut bir ticari ürüne dönüşmesi, kült imgenin replika olarak yeniden üretimi veya yeniden yorumlanması şeklinde gerçekleşmektedir. Nihai ürünler, "özgünlük" vasfına sahip olabilme potansiyellerini, semiyotik olarak kendi bünyelerinde barındırdıkları, eserin orijinalinden ürüne aktarılmış olan anlamlara borçludur. Fiziksel mağazalarda yer alan ve hatıra objesi kimliği altında satılan ürünler, satın alındıkları yer ve tarih itibariyle belirli bir seyahatin anısını temsil etme, yapılan ziyaretin hatırlatıcıları/hatıraları olma özelliğini taşırlar. Öte yandan, internet ortamında satılan veya birine hediye olarak alınan aynı ürünler, yer ve zamandan bağımsız oldukları için artık "hatırlatıcı" niteliğine sahip değillerdir. Dolayısıyla, müzelerde yer alan kült figürlerden ilhamla üretilen ürünlerin hatıra objesi vasfının yanında tüketici için farklı bir çekim veya cazibeye sahip olmaları gerekmektedir. Ürünlerin sahip olduğu bu cazibeyi yaratan etken söz konusu ürünlerin kült eserin veya imgenin-Artemis-ve onun niteliklerinin taşıdığı anlamların temsilleri olmalarıdır.
The Meno contains a host of puzzles and problems, not the least of which is the status of the the... more The Meno contains a host of puzzles and problems, not the least of which is the status of the theory of recollection in the dialogue. This essay aims to present both the theory of recollection and what has been called "Meno's Paradox" not as epistemological issues, but as issues of eristic and protreptic. I suggest that the true purpose of the Meno's use of the theory of recollection is to be found in the implicit and explicit caveats that Socrates uses to frame the theory. These caveats, which indicate that we should not take the theory of recollection as demonstrated or proven, ultimately justify interpreting Socrates' claims about the theory of recollection serving a protreptic rôle as definitive. This paper has three sections. Section I offers some preliminary remarks on the nature of philosophical protreptic as a literary genre of the fourth century in general and its employment in Plato. Section II distinguishes the geometry problem used to 'demonstrate' the theory of recollection is employed to solve from the problem of inquiry into virtue that Socrates and Meno are facing. I show that the two problem are disanalagous. I also discuss the character of Meno as susciptible to a certain kind of persuasion, and how Socrates converts Meno's questions about the possibility of philosophical enquiry into a sophistical paradox and offers the theory of recollection as a solution to it. Finally, Section III offers evidence that Plato provides us with a number of caveats and warnings about taking the theory of recollection in the Meno as serious epistemology, leading to the conclusion that Plato's primary purpose in employing it in the Meno is as a protreptic device meant to keep Meno on the path of philosophical inquiry.
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