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1 Plato’s Forms—Basic Problems Plato’s Forms are regarded as the centerpiece of his philosophy—and for good reasons. They are, by general consent, the eternally self-same essences of all being that Plato regards as the foundation of reality, as witnessed in some of his early, middle, and
Aristotle’s Critique of Plato’s Theory of Innate Knowledge1 David Bronstein Abstract In Posterior Analytics 2.19, Aristotle argues that we cannot have innate knowledge of rst principles because if we did we would have the most precise items of knowledge without noticing, which is impossible. To
1 Introduction The Anonymous Commentary on Plato’s Theaetetus (= In Tht.) , written by an unknown Platonist of the Middle Platonic era, is the earliest extant running commentary on a Platonic dialogue. As such, the fragmentary work is not only crucial for the study of Middle Platonic
adversarial, applicable to issues beyond ethics, and conceived as a preparatory, negative part of philosophical method, followed by dialectic. In Plato’s hands, elenchos does not generate positive doctrines, but is only meant to correct errors. It does not “discover, still less prove, the proposition which
sufficient to dismiss them without further ado. Consider, for instance, the dialogue between the unguarded Ctesippus and the sophisticated eleatic Euthydemus in Plato’s homonymous piece: Euthydemus Well then, Ctesippus, do you think it is possible to tell a lie? Ctesippus By Zeus I do, unless I’ve gone mad
Logic of Courage and Wisdom in Plato’s Protagoras 349e–351b Dale Jacquette, Universität Bern Almost everything Socrates says is wiry argument; that is the beauty of his talk for a philosopher. So we can’t dodge the question whether or not the wires are joined together by valid inferences … Gregory
Logic of Courage and Wisdom in Plato’s Protagoras 349e–351b Dale Jacquette, Universität Bern Almost everything Socrates says is wiry argument; that is the beauty of his talk for a philosopher. So we can’t dodge the question whether or not the wires are joined together by valid inferences … Gregory
Language, Communication, and the Paradox of Analysis: Some Philosophical Remarks on Plato’s Cratylus * Marc A. Moffett, The University of Wyoming Auf den ersten Blick hat Platons Dialog Kratylos einen klaren und im engeren Sinn linguistischen Gegenstand, nämlich die Debatte zwischen
On Knowledge as a Condition for Courage in Plato’s Protagoras Erik Christensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Der Dialog Protagoras war in erheblichem Maße Gegenstand der Kontroverse in der Diskussion der Frage der Einheit der Tugenden. Mehrere Gelehrte haben die Argumente des
On Knowledge as a Condition for Courage in Plato’s Protagoras Erik Christensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Der Dialog Protagoras war in erheblichem Maße Gegenstand der Kontroverse in der Diskussion der Frage der Einheit der Tugenden. Mehrere Gelehrte haben die Argumente des