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Moravcsik, Julius Matthew was born on April 26, 1931 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Julius and Edith (Fleissig) Moravcsik. came to the United States, 1949.
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In this book, Julius M. Moravcsik disputes that a natural language is not and should not be represented as a formal language. The book criticizes current philosophy of language as having an altered focus without adjusting the needed conceptual tools. It develops a new theory of lexical meaning, a new conception of cognition-humans not as information processing creatures but as primarily explanation and understanding seeking creatures-with information processing as a secondary, derivative activity. In conclusion, based on the theories of lexical meaning and cognition, this work sketches an argument showing that the human understanding of human understanding must always remain just partial.
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This book offers a rich and highly original treatment of Plato's views in the areas of epistemology, ontology, and ethics. Moravcsik rightly encourages us to be open to the idea that the study of Plato is valuable not only for historical reasons, but also based on what it can offer to us in our continuing reflections on pivotal topics such as the nature of human flourishing. Moravcsik's book is essential reading not only for those working in Greek philosophy, but also for anyone who is interested in exploring key approaches to enduring philosophical and human concerns. - Susan B. Levin, Smith College. "Plato and Platonism" reviews the nature and limits of Platonic interpretation. The book begins with a discussion of Plato's conception of what a genuine rational discipline (a 'techne') should be. The author shows how the recollection theory of understanding, the Forms as ultimate explanatory factors, and Plato's ethics of the right human ideal, all grow out of conditions that are essential to the genuine 'technai'. Moravcsik goes on to demonstrate how questions about the explanatory power of the Theory of Forms, mainly emerging not from naturalistic or empiricist qualms but from deep reflections on Eleatic doctrines, led to elaboration and modifications in Plato's ontology. The author reveals that the clearest echoes of the basic Platonic explanatory pattern linking elements of reality may be seen in some of the work on the foundations of mathematics and the related concern with the Eleatic challenge, rather than the 'realism' of general analytic philosophy. The author also shows how different Plato's basic ethical questions are from those preoccupying modern philosophy, and what Platonistic ethics might look like today. Students, academics and researchers will find that Moravcsik's careful and rigorous analysis offers an understanding of what Platonism in our times would have been like. The book leads us to an appreciation of genuine Platonism, rarely discussed today.
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Moravcsik, Julius Matthew was born on April 26, 1931 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Julius and Edith (Fleissig) Moravcsik. came to the United States, 1949.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1959.
Assistant professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1960-1966; associate professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1966-1968; professor, Stanford (California) U., since 1968.
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Fellow Institute Advanced Studies Budapest. Member American Philosophical Association (president Pacific division 1987-1988), American Society Aesthetics (trustee 1988-1992), Society Ancient Greek Philosophy (president 1989-1991, board directors Journal History Philosophy, James Wilbur Award Value Theory 2000), Hungarian Academy Arts and Sciences (external member).
Married Marguerite Germain Truninger, September 14, 1954. Children: Adrian Clay, Peter Matthew.