Jens Halfwassen

List of John Benjamins publications for which Jens Halfwassen plays a role.

Articles

Halfwassen, Jens 2018 Aristoteles’ zweifache Bestimmung der SubstanzVeritas et subtilitas: Truth and Subtlety in the History of Philosophy, Iremadze, Tengiz and Udo Reinhold Jeck (eds.), pp. 25–35 | Chapter
Halfwassen, Jens 2003 Henologie bei Platon und PlotinBochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter: Band 8. 2003, Mojsisch, Burkhard, Olaf Pluta und Rudolf Rehn (Hrsg.), pp. 21–41 | Article
Aristotle construed metaphysics primarily in terms of ontology, whereas Plato had developed a different approach to the philosophy of principles. The main task of the metaphysical theory of principles is the quest for the absolute. For Plato, however, the absolute is the one; and this idea – most… read more
Halfwassen, Jens 1998 Philosophie als Transzendieren. Der Aufstieg zum höchsten Prinzip bei Platon und PlotinBochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter: Band 3. 1998, Mojsisch, Burkhard, Olaf Pluta und Rudolf Rehn (Hrsg.), pp. 29–42 | Article
Abstract Transcendent thinking as a basic feature of metaphysical philosophy has always claimed to be more than a mere cognition of reality in terms of its phenomena. Transcendent philosophy intends to consider reality from the perspective of a fundamental ground transcending the reality ordered by… read more
Halfwassen, Jens 1997 Monismus und Dualismus in Platons PrinzipienlehreBochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter: Band 2. 1997, Mojsisch, Burkhard, Olaf Pluta und Rudolf Rehn (Hrsg.), pp. 1–21 | Article
Abstract One of the main problems of Plato's unwritten doctrine has to do with whether his theory of principles has a strictly dualistic or rather a more monistic character. The thesis of this essay is that Plato combines monism and dualism in a particular fashion. Both the dialogues and the… read more