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Why Plato Lost Interest in the Socratic Method
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Why Plato Lost Interest in the Socratic Method [electronic resource] / by Gareth B. Matthews ; edited by S. Marc Cohen.
ISBN
9783031136900
Edition
1st ed. 2023.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (X, 119 p.)
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Summary
The Socratic method of questioning and refutation (elenchus) predominates the early Platonic dialogues. But things change in the middle dialogues, as Socrates goes beyond merely asking questions and begins to provide answers to his questions. And the method virtually disappears in the late dialogues. The standard explanation of this phenomenon is that the early dialogues were intended to commemorate Socrates and the elenchus, while in the middle and late dialogues Plato went beyond Socrates to present his own mature philosophical thought. In this book, Matthews revises this explanation by uncovering the shortcomings that Plato came to find in the Socratic method and the reasons why Plato lost interest in it.
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Language
English
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February 22, 2023
Contents
Chapter 1: The Socratic Method
Chapter 2: Analyzing Courage: Laches
Chapter 3: Analyzing Piety: Euthyphro
Chapter 4: Blameworthy Ignorance: Apology
Chapter 5: Virtue in Socratic Ignorance: Charmides
Chapter 6: Latent Knowledge: Meno
Chapter 7: Forms Left Unanalyzed: Phaedo
Chapter 8: Downgrading the Elenchus: Republic I-II
Chapter 9: Farewell to the Elenchus: Theaetetus
Chapter 10: Philosophy Professionalized: Sophist
Chapter 11: Conclusion.
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