The Problem of Incommensurability in the Meno and the Parmenides

Sophia A. Stone

The Problem of Incommensurability in the Meno and the Parmenides

Sophia A. Stone

College of Arts and Sciences

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Abstract

Invited Symposium: Greek Mathematics and Ancient Philosophy

Chair: Vincenza Berardo (Florida State University)

Speakers:

Brad Berman (Portland State University) “Mathematical Matter, Shape, and Aristotelian Substantial Forms”

Emily Katz (Michigan State University) “Intelligible Matter as a Property of Sensible Objects”

Henry Mendell (California State University, Los Angeles) “Some Remarks on the Logical and Pedagogical Structure of Euclid’s Presentation of Proportion”

Sophia Stone (Lynn University) “The Problem of Incommensurability in the Meno and Parmenides”

Commentators:

Tom Archibald (Simon Fraser University)
Janine Gühler (Oxford University)
Justin Vlasits (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
Dwayne Redmond (Texas A&M University)

Original language	American English
State	Published - Apr 17 2019
Event	American Philosophical Association (APA) - Pacific Division Meeting - Vancouver, Canada Duration: Apr 17 2019 → Apr 20 2019 Conference number: 93rd

Conference

Conference	American Philosophical Association (APA) - Pacific Division Meeting
Abbreviated title	APA
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	4/17/19 → 4/20/19
Other	The 93rd meeting of the APA Pacific Division will take place at the beautiful Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, B.C. The program includes over 100 sessions, including colloquium and symposium sessions, author meets critics sessions, the Presidential Address, the Dewey Lecture, and more. There are also exhibits, receptions for meeting with colleagues, and plenty of downtown attractions for dining and leisure activities.

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1 Article

Colloquium 3: Plato’s Geometry of Being: Mathematical Objects and the Theory of Forms
Stone, S., Dec 11 2025, In: Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy. 40, 1, p. 65-88 24 p.
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The Problem of Incommensurability in the Meno and the Parmenides

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Colloquium 3: Plato’s Geometry of Being: Mathematical Objects and the Theory of Forms

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