caa a22 4500 378923625 CHVBK 20180305123611.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040929xx s 000 0 ger 10.1515/agph.2004.86.3.233 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/agph.2004.86.3.233 Gerson Lloyd P. 1. Toronto. Platonism and the Invention of the Problem of Universals [Elektronische Daten] [Lloyd P. Gerson] In this paper, I explore the origins of the ‘problem of universals'. I argue that the problem has come to be badly formulated and that consideration of it has been impeded by falsely supposing that Platonic Forms were ever intended as an alternative to Aristotelian universals. In fact, the role that Forms are supposed by Plato to fulfill is independent of the function of a universal. I briefly consider the gradual mutation of the problem in the Academy, in Alexander of Aphrodisias, and among some of the major Neoplatonic commentators on Aristotle, including Porphyry and Boethius. © Walter de Gruyter Western philosophy nationallicence Non-Western philosophy nationallicence Topics in philosophy nationallicence Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie Walter de Gruyter 86/3(2004-09-29), 233-256 0003-9101 86:3<233 2004 86 agph https://doi.org/10.1515/agph.2004.86.3.233 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/agph.2004.86.3.233 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gerson Lloyd P. 1. Toronto NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie Walter de Gruyter 86/3(2004-09-29), 233-256 0003-9101 86:3<233 2004 86 agph CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter