New Perspectives on Platonic Dialectic: A Philosophy of Inquiry

ISBN-13: 9780367622763 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 320 str.

Jens Kristian Larsen; VIVIL Valvik Haraldsen; Justin Vlasits

Opis

This volume offers fresh perspectives on Platonic dialectic. Its 13 chapters explore this crucial aspect of Plato’s philosophy and clarify what Plato takes to be proper dialectical procedures. They examine how these procedures are related to each other and other aspects of his philosophy, such as ethics, psychology, and metaphysics.

Recenzje

"I find this a most useful volume, in which interesting new insights on an admittedly fairly well-worn subject are presented. Its most important feature is an insistence on the continuity of Plato's thought, and on the degree to which various different strategies of argument that appear in dialogues of various periods, the Socratic elenchus, hypothesis, and 'collection and division', are seen to be compatible and coherent. This goes counter to the views of many modern interpreters of Plato, but I think it is a perspective well worth developing, and it is accomplished with vigour here." - John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin