Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian Studies: Essays in Honor of Gerasimos Santas

This volume contains outstanding studies by some of the best scholars in ancient Greek Philosophy on key topics in Socratic, Platonic, and Aristotelian thought. These studies provide rigorous analyses of arguments and texts and often advance original interpretations. The essays in the volume range o...

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Other Authors: Anagnostopoulos, Georgios (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:Philosophical Studies Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • The Works of Gerasimos Santas
  • Abbreviations of Plato’s Works
  • Abbreviations of Aristotle’s Works
  • Introduction; Georgios Anagnostopoulos
  • The Diagnostic Function of Socratic Definitions; Michael Ferejohn
  • Definition and Elenchus; Nicholas P. White
  • Reasons and the Problem of the Socratic Elenchus; Alejandro Santana
  • Santas, Socrates, and Induction; Mark L. McPherran
  • Socrates Mythologikos; Fred D. Miller, Jr
  • Is the Prudential Paradox in the Meno?; T.  Brickhouse and N. D. Smith
  • GERASIMOS; Terry Penner
  • Beyond De Re:  Toward a Dominance Theory of Desire Attribution; Naomi Reshotko
  • The Good and the Just in Plato’s Gorgias; Christopher Rowe
  • Socrates, Wisdom and Pedagogy; George Rudebusch
  • The Republic as Philosophical Drama; John P. Anton
  • Function, Ability and Desire in Plato’s Republic; A. Coumoundouros and R. Polansky
  • Knowledge, Virtue, and Method in Republic [471c-502c]; Hugh H. Benson
  • Reasoning about Justice in Plato’s Republic; Anthony W. Price
  • Plato on Justice; David Keyt
  • Plato on the Ideal of Justice and Human Happiness: Return to the Cave; Yuji Kurihara
  • Surpassing in Dignity and Power:  The Metaphysics of Goodness in Plato’s Republic; Christopher Shields
  • Comments onPlato’s Causal Explanation; D. Z. Andriopoulos
  • Desires and Faculties in Plato and Aristotle; Deborah K. W. Modrak
  • Is Aristotle’s Function Argument Fallacious?; Gavin Lawrence
  • Aristotle on Discovering and Desiring the Real Good; Mariana Anagnostopoulos.- Continuity and Incommensurability in Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics; Vassilis Karasmanis
  • Bibliography
  • Index