Socratic Perplexity: And the Nature of Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780198238881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 152 str.

John Leslie; Gareth B. Matthews

Opis

Gareth Matthews suggests that we can better understand the nature of philosophical inquiry if we recognize the central role played by perplexity. The seminal representation of philosophical perplexity is in Plato's dialogues; Matthews examines the intriguing shifts in Plato's attitude to perplexity and suggests that these may represent a course of philosophical development that philosophers follow even today.

Recenzje

Review from previous edition contains many insightful remarks, particularly for someone with some familiarity with Plato, both about the dialogues and about philosophy as it is practised today.