Why Plato lost interest in the Socratic method

Why Plato lost interest in the Socratic method / Gareth B. Matthews ; edited by S. Marc Cohen.

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...

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Main Author: Matthews, Gareth B., 1929-2011 (Author)
Other Authors: Cohen, S. Marc (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, [2023]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:
Plato.
Socrates > Influence.
Plato
Socrates
Philosophy, Ancient.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Philosophy, Ancient
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Editor's Introduction
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: The Socratic Method
  • Meno, Republic I, and Theaetetus
  • The Socratic Method of Instruction
  • The Law-School Socratic Method
  • The Socratic Elenchus
  • Chapter 2: Analyzing Courage: Laches
  • The Need for Expertise
  • A Requirement for Knowledge
  • Focusing on a Part of Virtue
  • A Counterexample
  • A Second Try
  • Perplexity
  • Nicias Has a Try
  • The Crommyon Sow
  • What Is to Be Feared and Hoped for
  • Rejection
  • What Went Wrong?
  • Unsettling Questions
  • Chapter 3: Analyzing Piety: Euthyphro
  • Filial Piety
  • What Is Piety?
  • The Inner Paradeigma
  • The First Suggestion
  • The Second Suggestion
  • The Central Argument
  • Chapter 4: Blameworthy Ignorance: Apology
  • Examples
  • The Hard Rock of Perplexity
  • The Delphic Oracle
  • The Oracle Story Applied
  • Finding Another Motivation for the Elenchus
  • The Divine Mission
  • Blameworthy Ignorance
  • The Ethics of Belief
  • Chapter 5: Virtue in Socratic Ignorance: Charmides
  • Self-Mastery
  • A Natural Virtue?
  • Knowing One's Own Virtues
  • The Argument
  • The First Two Suggestions
  • Another Interlocutor
  • Why Critias?
  • Justification for Conducting an Elenchus
  • Socratic Ignorance as a Virtue
  • Chapter 6: Latent Knowledge: Meno
  • Complete Ignorance
  • Targeting Virtue
  • Criteria for a Satisfactory Analysis
  • A Suggested Analysis
  • Perplexity
  • The Paradox of Inquiry
  • Recollection
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7: Forms Left Unanalyzed: Phaedo
  • Equality
  • Chapter 8: Downgrading the Elenchus: Republic I-II
  • Why Another Elenchus?
  • Republic I as an Elenchus
  • Looking More Closely
  • Justice as a Real Kind
  • The Craft Analogy
  • The Profit of Injustice
  • Plato's Assessment of the Elenchus
  • Glaucon Takes Over
  • The Social Compact
  • Plato's Change of Focus
  • Chapter 9: Farewell to the Elenchus: Theaetetus
  • Reading the Theaetetus as an Elenchus
  • Chapter 10: Philosophy Professionalized: Sophist
  • Chapter 11: Conclusion
  • Internal Limitations
  • Another Internal Limitation
  • External Reasons
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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