Why Plato Lost Interest in the Socratic Method (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	November 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Gareth B. Matthews
Editors:	S. Marc Cohen
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	119
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-113689-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
LSN:	3-03-113689-6
Barcode:	9783031136894

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