The Eleatics were a pre-Socratic school of philosophy founded by Parmenides in the 5th century BCE in Elea, Italy. Their philosophy posited a radical form of monism, arguing that the true nature of reality is unchanging, indivisible, and eternal. They denied the existence of plurality and change, asserting that sensory experiences of these are illusory. |
Existence, philosophy, logic: the fact that there is something to which properties can be attributed. That does not mean that something has to be given immediately or can be perceived by the senses. See also ontology, properties, predicates, existence statements, realism, quantification, ascription._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |