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The philosophy of Plato, universally acknowledged as the most
important thinker of the Ancient World, is a major focus of
contemporary attention - not only among philosophers, but also
classicists and literary and political theorists. This set selects
the best and most influential examples of Platonic scholarship
published in English over the last fifty years, and adds
translations of outstanding works published in other languages. It
represents radically different scholarly approaches, and
illuminates the key issues in the most hotly debated topics,
including Plato's theory of the Forms and Platonic Erotics. It is
especially concerned with the interpretations and major debates of
philosophers of the Anglo-American schools over the last three
decades.
This book encourages renewed attention by contemporary
epistemologists to an area most of them overlook: ancient
philosophy. Readers are invited to revisit writings by Plato,
Aristotle, Pyrrho, and others, and to ask what new insights might
be gained from those philosophical ancestors. Are there ideas,
questions, or lines of thought that were present in some ancient
philosophy and that have subsequently been overlooked? Are there
contemporary epistemological ideas, questions, or lines of thought
that can be deepened by gazing back upon some ancient philosophy?
The answers are 'yes' and 'yes', according to this book's 13
chapters, written by philosophers seeking to enrich contemporary
epistemology through engaging with ancient epistemology. Key
features: Blends ancient epistemology with contemporary
epistemology, each reciprocally enriching each. Conceptually
sensitive chapters by scholars of ancient epistemology.
Historically sensitive chapters by scholars of contemporary
epistemology. Clearly written chapters, guiding readers at once
through central elements both of ancient and of contemporary
epistemology.
The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of research in
Platonic philosophy. A central focus of his philosophical effort,
Plato's psychology is of interest both in its own right and as
fundamental to his metaphysical and moral theories. This anthology
offers, for the first time, a collection of the best classic and
recent essays on cenral topics of Plato's psychological theory,
including essays on the nature of the soul, studies of the
tripartite soul for which Plato argues in the Republic, and
analyses of his varied arguments for immortality. With a
comprehensive introduction to the major issues of Plato's
psychology and an up-to-date bibliography of work on the relevant
issues, this much-needed text makes the study of Plato's psychology
accessible to scholars in ancient Greek philosophy, classics, and
history of psychology.
The result of extensive archival investigation, this meticulously
researched book collects and describes for the first time the
extant literary manuscripts and letters of the celebrated
Bluestocking writer and Evangelical philanthropist Hannah More
(1745-1833). Participating in the ongoing recovery of
eighteenth-century women writers, Nicholas D. Smith's survey is an
indispensable reference work not only for More scholars but for
those researching the careers of many of her contemporaries.
Features include an extended narrative analysis of the manuscripts
that plots More's participation in the manuscript culture of the
period and contextualizes the individual entries in the index;
provenance details for the more substantial manuscript holdings in
British and North American repositories; and identification of
numerous autograph manuscripts and transcripts in public and
private collections. More than 1,500 letters in 95 locations in
Britain and North America have been inventoried and precise dates
and internal locators are supplied when known. More's letters, the
majority of which have never been published, are a largely untapped
source of primary materials for scholars and students researching
such diverse subjects as the literary activities and opinions of
the Bluestocking circle, women's conduct and education, publishing
and the book trade, the national debate over the abolition of the
slave trade, the rise of the Evangelical movement, the conservative
reaction to the American and French revolutions, and the Napoleonic
wars.
Socrates is one of the most influential philosophers in western
civilisation, and Plato his most famous pupil. The Euthyphro,
Apology of Socrates, Crito and the death scene from the Phaedo are
Plato's account of Socrates' trial and execution, and together they
provide the most important depiction of Socrates' ideas.
In this GuideBook, Brickhouse and Smith provide clear explanations
of these texts for students coming to them for the first time.
Situating the works in their historical context, the authors
carefully go through each text, exploring the philosophical issues
raised in an accessible way.
Plato and the Trial of Socrates is the ideal introduction to both
the ideas of Socrates and the work of Plato.
Socrates is one of the most influential philosophers in western
civilisation, and Plato his most famous pupil. The Euthyphro,
Apology of Socrates, Crito and the death scene from the Phaedo are
Plato's account of Socrates' trial and execution, and together they
provide the most important depiction of Socrates' ideas.
In this GuideBook, Brickhouse and Smith provide clear explanations
of these texts for students coming to them for the first time.
Situating the works in their historical context, the authors
carefully go through each text, exploring the philosophical issues
raised in an accessible way.
Plato and the Trial of Socrates is the ideal introduction to both
the ideas of Socrates and the work of Plato.
Philosophy Through Science Fiction offers a fun, challenging, and
accessible way in to the issues of philosophy through the genre of
science fiction. Tackling problems such as the possibility of time
travel, or what makes someone the same person over time, the
authors take a four-pronged approach to each issue, providing u a
clear and concise introduction to each subject u a science fiction
story that exemplifies a feature of the philosophical discussion u
historical and contemporary philosophical texts that investigate
the issue with rigor, and u glossary, plot profiles of pertinent
science fiction stories and films, and questions for further
reflection. Philosophy Through Science Fiction includes stories
from contemporary science fiction writers including Greg Egan and
Mike Resnick, as well as from classic authors like Philip K. Dick
and Robert Heinlein. Philosophy readings include historical pieces
Ren, Descartes and David Hume, and include contemporary pieces by
John Searle and Mary Midgley.
Thomas Brickhouse and Nicholas Smith offer a comprehensive
historical and philosophical interpretation of, and commentary on,
one of Plato's most widely read works, the Apology of Socrates.
Virtually every modern interpretation characterizes some part of
what Socrates says in the Apology as purposefully irrelevant or
even antithetical to convincing the jury to acquit him at his
trial. This book, by contrast, argues persuasively that Socrates
offers a sincere and well-reasoned defense against the charges he
faces. First, the authors establish a consensus of ancient reports
about Socrates' moral and religious principles and show that these
prohibit him from needlessly risking the condemnation of the jury.
Second, they consider each specific claim made by Socrates in the
Apology and show how each can be construed as an honest effort to
inform the jurors of the truth and to convince them of his
blamelessness. The arguments of this book are informed by a
critical review of the scholarly literature and careful attention
to the philosophy expressed in Plato's other early dialogues.
What model of knowledge does Plato's Socrates use? In this book,
Nicholas D. Smith argues that it is akin to knowledge of a craft
which is acquired by degrees, rather than straightforward knowledge
of facts. He contends that a failure to recognize and identify this
model, and attempts to ground ethical success in contemporary
accounts of propositional or informational knowledge, have led to
distortions of Socrates' philosophical mission to improve himself
and others in the domain of practical ethics. He shows that the
model of craft-knowledge makes sense of a number of issues scholars
have struggled to understand, and makes a case for attributing to
Socrates a very sophisticated and plausible view of the
improvability of the human condition.
This handbook provides detailed philosophical analysis of the life
and thought of Socrates across fifteen in-depth chapters. Each
chapter engages with a central aspect of the rich tradition of
Socratic studies and, after surveying the state of scholarship,
points the way forward to new directions of interpretation. A
leading team of scholars present dynamic readings of Socrates,
extracted from the historical context of Plato’s dialogues,
covering elenchus, irony, ignorance, definitions, pedagogy,
friendship, politics and the daemon. Building on these core
Socratic topics, this edition includes new accounts of Socrates in
the work of philosopher and historian, Xenophon, the comic
playwright, Aristophanes, as well as important scholarship on
topics such as emotions, the afterlife, motivational
intellectualism and virtue intellectualism. Fully revised and
updated, the Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates elucidates the complex
landscape of Socratic thought and interpretation.
What model of knowledge does Plato's Socrates use? In this book,
Nicholas D. Smith argues that it is akin to knowledge of a craft
which is acquired by degrees, rather than straightforward knowledge
of facts. He contends that a failure to recognize and identify this
model, and attempts to ground ethical success in contemporary
accounts of propositional or informational knowledge, have led to
distortions of Socrates' philosophical mission to improve himself
and others in the domain of practical ethics. He shows that the
model of craft-knowledge makes sense of a number of issues scholars
have struggled to understand, and makes a case for attributing to
Socrates a very sophisticated and plausible view of the
improvability of the human condition.
Nicholas D. Smith presents an original interpretation of the
Republic, considering it to be a book about knowledge and
education. Over the course of Summoning Knowledge in Plato's
Republic, he argues for four main theses. Firstly, the Republic is
not just a work that has a lot to say about education; it is a book
that depicts Socrates as attempting to engage his interlocutors in
such a way as to help to educate them and also engages us, the
readers, in a way that helps to educate us. Secondly, Plato does
not suppose that education, properly understood, should have as its
primary aim putting knowledge into souls that do not already have
it. Instead, the education Plato discusses, represents occurring
between Socrates and his interlocutors, and hopes to achieve in his
readers is one that aims to arouse the power of knowledge in us and
then to begin to train that power always to engage with what is
more real, rather than what is less real. Thirdly, Plato's
conception of knowledge is not the one typically presented in
contemporary epistemology. It is, rather, the power of
conceptualization by the use of exemplars. And finally, Plato
engages this power of knowledge in the Republic in a way he
represents as only a kind of second-best way to engage knowledge -
and not as the best way, which would be dialectic. Instead, Plato
uses images that summon the power of knowledge to begin the process
by which the power may become fully realized.
Socrates, the largely enigmatic Greek thinker, has had a remarkably
enduring influence on virtually every area of philosophical
enterprise. The Bloomsbury Companion to Socrates introduces readers
to the main issues in the philosophy of Socrates. With 13 different
sections, this Companion presents an overview of current research
in the various features, themes and topics apparent in Socrates'
thought, including Socratic irony, metaphysics, epistemology,
happiness, virtue, moral psychology, philosophy of love, political
philosophy, and religious belief. With additional chapters on the
historical Socrates and his prosecution by the democracy of Athens,
this is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Socrates'
life and death, character and philosophical concerns. Written by a
team of leading experts in the field of ancient philosophy and
concluding with a thoroughly comprehensive bibliography of primary
and secondary sources, The Bloomsbury Companion to Socrates is an
essential introduction to this founder of Western philosophy.
Socrates, the largely enigmatic Greek thinker, is universally
considered to have laid the foundations of western philosophy. His
philosophy, available to us through the early dialogues of Plato
and the writings of his contemporaries, has had a remarkably
enduring influence on virtually every area of philosophical
enterprise. This comprehensive and accessible guide to Socrates
life and death, character and philosophical concerns, features
thirteen specially commissioned sections, written by a team of
leading experts in the field of ancient philosophy, covering every
aspect of Socratic thought. The Companion presents a comprehensive
overview of the various features, themes and topics apparent in
Socrates' thought, including Socratic irony, metaphysics,
epistemology, happiness, virtue, moral psychology, philosophy of
love, political philosophy, and religious belief. It concludes with
a thoroughly comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary
sources. This is an essential reference tool for anyone working in
the field of ancient philosophy.
Socrates' moral psychology is widely thought to be
'intellectualist' in the sense that, for Socrates, every ethical
failure to do what is best is exclusively the result of some
cognitive failure to apprehend what is best. Until publication of
this book, the view that, for Socrates, emotions and desires have
no role to play in causing such failure went unchallenged. This
book argues against the orthodox view of Socratic intellectualism
and offers in its place a comprehensive alternative account that
explains why Socrates believed that emotions, desires and appetites
can influence human motivation and lead to error. Thomas C.
Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith defend the study of Socrates'
philosophy and offer an alternative interpretation of Socratic
moral psychology. Their novel account of Socrates' conception of
virtue and how it is acquired shows that Socratic moral psychology
is considerably more sophisticated than scholars have supposed.
This book develops novel accounts of many of the most controversial topics in the philosophy of Socrates. The authors first develop Socrates' methodological, epistemological, and psychological views before examining his ethical, political, and religious convictions. The results reveals both the richness and the remarkable coherence of the philosophy of Plato's Socrates.
Brickhouse and Smith argue, contrary to virtually every modern
interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates, that Plato's
Socrates offers a sincere defence against the charges he faces. In
doing so the book offers an exhaustive historical and philosophical
interpretation of and commentary on Plato's Apology. The authors
demonstrate that Socrates' moral and religious principles prohibit
him from needlessly risking a negative vote at his trial. By
providing a complete commentary, they show that each specific claim
Socrates makes in the Apology can be construed as a sincere attempt
to inform the jury of the truth and convince the jurors of his
blamelessness. The effect of these two strategies is a novel
interpretation of the Apology which sheds new light on various
aspects of Socrates' life and philosophy.
Socrates' moral psychology is widely thought to be
'intellectualist' in the sense that, for Socrates, every ethical
failure to do what is best is exclusively the result of some
cognitive failure to apprehend what is best. Until publication of
this book, the view that, for Socrates, emotions and desires have
no role to play in causing such failure went unchallenged. This
book argues against the orthodox view of Socratic intellectualism
and offers in its place a comprehensive alternative account that
explains why Socrates believed that emotions, desires and appetites
can influence human motivation and lead to error. Thomas C.
Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith defend the study of Socrates'
philosophy and offer an alternative interpretation of Socratic
moral psychology. Their novel account of Socrates' conception of
virtue and how it is acquired shows that Socratic moral psychology
is considerably more sophisticated than scholars have supposed.
This volume brings together mostly previously unpublished studies by prominent historians, classicists, and philosophers on the roles and effects of religion in Socratic philosophy and on the trial of Socrates. Among the contributors are Thomas C. Brickhouse, Asli Gocer, Richard Kraut, Mark L. McPherran, Robert C. T. Parker, C. D. C. Reeve, Nicholas D. Smith, Gregory Vlastos, Stephen A. White, and Paul B. Woodruff.
Philosophy Through Science Fiction offers a fun, challenging, and
accessible way in to the issues of philosophy through the genre of
science fiction. Tackling problems such as the possibility of time
travel, or what makes someone the same person over time, the
authors take a four-pronged approach to each issue, providing u a
clear and concise introduction to each subject u a science fiction
story that exemplifies a feature of the philosophical discussion u
historical and contemporary philosophical texts that investigate
the issue with rigor, and u glossary, plot profiles of pertinent
science fiction stories and films, and questions for further
reflection. Philosophy Through Science Fiction includes stories
from contemporary science fiction writers including Greg Egan and
Mike Resnick, as well as from classic authors like Philip K. Dick
and Robert Heinlein. Philosophy readings include historical pieces
Ren, Descartes and David Hume, and include contemporary pieces by
John Searle and Mary Midgley.
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