The indispensability argument

the debate

pp. 217-249

in: Marco Panza, Andrea Sereni, Plato's problem, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Abstract

As Chapter 6 should have made clear, IA can be questioned on various grounds, depending on the target version and on the notions this is meant to involve. In this chapter we discuss some of the major objections that have been levelled against IA, and some possible replies.