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Plato, but not Socrates, concluded that the Forms are substances. On this point, there is general agreement. The dispute is over the explanation for this dramatic development in Plato’s thought. Although many scholars have offered explanations of the origin of the Theory of Forms, no explanation has seemed clearly correct. I have tried to show that this appearance is not a deception. I have tried to expose the shortcomings in the orthodox explanations and to establish another explanation in their stead. If I have succeeded, philosophers inside and outside the field of Platonic studies will have to abandon much of the received wisdom about Plato.
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Blackson, T.A. (1995). Conclusion. In: Inquiry, Forms, and Substances. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 62. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0281-0_6
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