Why Plato lost interest in the Socratic method / / Gareth B. Matthews ; edited by S. Marc Cohen

• Autore: Matthews Gareth B.
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]; ©2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (122 pages)
• Disciplina: 184
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Ancient
• Persona (resp. second.): CohenS. Marc
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Editor's Introduction -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Socratic Method -- Meno, Republic I, and Theaetetus -- The Socratic Method of Instruction -- The Law-School Socratic Method -- The Socratic Elenchus -- Chapter 2: Analyzing Courage: Laches -- The Need for Expertise -- A Requirement for Knowledge -- Focusing on a Part of Virtue -- A Counterexample -- A Second Try -- Perplexity -- Nicias Has a Try -- The Crommyon Sow -- What Is to Be Feared and Hoped for -- Rejection -- What Went Wrong? -- Unsettling Questions -- Chapter 3: Analyzing Piety: Euthyphro -- Filial Piety -- What Is Piety? -- The Inner Paradeigma -- The First Suggestion -- The Second Suggestion -- The Central Argument -- Chapter 4: Blameworthy Ignorance: Apology -- Examples -- The Hard Rock of Perplexity -- The Delphic Oracle -- The Oracle Story Applied -- Finding Another Motivation for the Elenchus -- The Divine Mission -- Blameworthy Ignorance -- The Ethics of Belief -- Chapter 5: Virtue in Socratic Ignorance: Charmides -- Self-Mastery -- A Natural Virtue? -- Knowing One's Own Virtues -- The Argument -- The First Two Suggestions -- Another Interlocutor -- Why Critias? -- Justification for Conducting an Elenchus -- Socratic Ignorance as a Virtue -- Chapter 6: Latent Knowledge: Meno -- Complete Ignorance -- Targeting Virtue -- Criteria for a Satisfactory Analysis -- A Suggested Analysis -- Perplexity -- The Paradox of Inquiry -- Recollection -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Forms Left Unanalyzed: Phaedo -- Equality -- Chapter 8: Downgrading the Elenchus: Republic I-II -- Why Another Elenchus? -- Republic I as an Elenchus -- Looking More Closely -- Justice as a Real Kind -- The Craft Analogy -- The Profit of Injustice -- Plato's Assessment of the Elenchus -- Glaucon Takes Over -- The Social Compact -- Plato's Change of Focus. ; Chapter 9: Farewell to the Elenchus: Theaetetus -- Reading the Theaetetus as an Elenchus -- Chapter 10: Philosophy Professionalized: Sophist -- Chapter 11: Conclusion -- Internal Limitations -- Another Internal Limitation -- External Reasons -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Why Plato Lost Interest in the Socratic Method
• ISBN: 3-031-13690-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910629298903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave pivot.