Why Plato Lost Interest in the Socratic Method

Matthews, Gareth B. (Author)/ Cohen, S. Marc (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 3031136896 / ISBN 13: 9783031136894

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

129 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.38 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers x-3031136896

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Gareth B. Matthews was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, USA. He passed away in 2011.

S. Marc Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Washington, USA.

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Titel: Why Plato Lost Interest in the Socratic ...
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Brand New