The structure of enquiry in Plato's early Dialogues /

"This book proposes and defends a radically new account of Plato's method of argument and enquiry in his early dialogues. Vasilis Politis challenges the traditional account according to which these dialogues are basically about the demand for definitions, and questions the equally traditio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Politis, Vasilis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Plato. > Dialogues.
Plato > v427-v347 > Dialogi
Dialogues (Plato)
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
Antikens filosofi.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Issue of the Justification of Plato's Essentialism: 1. The raising of the ti esti question
  • 2. How to answer the ti esti question
  • 3. The thesis of the priority of definition
  • Part II. The Role of Aporia and the Root of Plato's Essentialism: 4. What are Plato's early dialogues about?
  • 5. Whether-or-not questions and agonistic argument
  • 6. Whether-or-not questions and the articulation of aporiai
  • 7. Aporia-based inquiry aiming at knowledge
  • 8. What is behind the ti esti question?
  • Bibliography
  • General index
  • Index of passages cited.

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