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Zeno’S First Argument Concerning Plurality, William J. Prior Jun 1978

Zeno’S First Argument Concerning Plurality, William J. Prior

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Until quite recently, scholars have been nearly unanimous inaccepting as correct Plato's characterization of Zeno of Elea as a faithful disciple of Parmenides. They have also adopted a reconstruction of his first argument against plurality made by Fränkel2.Both this view of Zeno and the accepted Interpretation of thereconstructed argument, however, have lately been subjected to incisive criticism by Friedrich Solmsen3. Solmsen has claimed that Zeno was no Eleatic, but rather a dialectician without positive philosophical commitments; and he has used the argument reconstructed by Fränkel to support his Interpretation.

Solmsen's case rests on three Claims. First, …