Dialogue and Discovery - Couverture souple

Seeskin, Kenneth

 
9780887063367: Dialogue and Discovery
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0887063365 ISBN 13 : 9780887063367
Editeur : SUNY Press, 1987

Synopsis

This book examines the Socratic method of elenchus or refutation. Refutation by its very nature is a conflict which in the hands of Plato becomes high drama. The continuing conversation in which it occurs is more a test of character than of intellect. Dialogue and Discovery shows that, in his conversations, Socrates seeks to define moral qualities--moral essences--with the goal of improving the soul of the respondent.

Ethics underlies epistemology because the discovery of philosophic truth imposes moral demands on the respondent. The recognition that moral qualities such as honesty, humility, and courage are necessary to successful inquiry is the key to the understanding of the Socratic paradox that virtue is knowledge.

The dialogues receiving the most emphasis are the Apology, Gorgias, Protagoras, and Meno.

"Seeskin 's analyses are subtle, well-informed by the secondary literature, and make a contribution to the understanding of the critical dialectic that has guided much of western thought. I can't think of any recent source that puts together the Socratic philosophy in this elegant and coherent fashion." -- Robert C. Neville, State University of New York at Stony Brook

"Dialogue and Discovery is important to the study of the history of philosophy. It is original, relevant, and written in excellent style. " -- Robert. S. Brumbaugh<

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À propos de l'auteur

Kenneth Seeskin is Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor of Jewish Civilization at Northwestern University. His books include Dialogue and Discovery: A Study in Socratic Method, also published by SUNY Press.

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Éditeur
SUNY Press
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0887063365
ISBN 13 
9780887063367
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
188
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780887063374: Dialogue and Discovery: A Study in Socratic Method

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0887063373 ISBN 13 :  9780887063374
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1987
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