Gilbert Ryle and Plato’s theory of forms

Maria Antonia Rancadore

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Maria Antonia Rancadore Università di Palermo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2254-301X

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This essay is dedicated to the interpretation that Gilbert Ryle gave to Plato’s theory of forms. Despite having distinguished himself as an exponent of analytic philosophy and Ordinary Language Philosophy in the context of the University of Oxford, Ryle qualified as a philologist by reading the vast production of Plato’s dialogues. Among Ryle’s most significant essays are those referring to the dialogues of Plato’s maturity (Theaetetus, Sophist, Parmenides), where the ancient Athenian philosopher expounded his conception of the art of dialectics. Then Ryle highlighted the relationship between the theory of forms and the theory of being, on the basis of an original rereading of the concept of idea, i.e. of form, separated from the traditional ontologism attributed to both Parmenides and Plato.

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Maria Antonia Rancadore, Università di Palermo

Maria Antonia Rancadore is associate professor of History of Philosophy at the Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo. During her research activity she has explored the relationship between philosophy and psychology in the context of European and international culture. Among his most recent publications, the volume on L’idealismo critico di Sartre. She is part of the research group of the “Biblioteca di Studi Filosofici”, a cultural association promoting international conferences. She is co-director of the “Collana di Filosofia Italiana”, published by the FrancoAngeli publishing house in Milan. She is a member of the “Società Italiana di Storia della Filosofia” (SISF), of the “Association des Sociétés de Philosophie de Langue Française” (ASPLF) and of the “Société d’Études Kantiennes de Langue Française” (SEKLF).

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