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Socratic method and Socratic truth
Author/Creator
Tarrant, Harold
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description
Readers of the early dialogues of Plato may soon feel that his Socrates proceeds methodically towards the ultimate embarrassment of his verbal wrestling-partners. Several recurrent tactics are easily identified, giving credence to claims that Socrates has a method. As Aristotle saw, he demanded universal definitions and he employed epagōgē. He elicited from an interlocutor whose belief he would question certain other beliefs, seemingly more fundamental, entailing the contradiction of the original belief. He flattered, hassled, cajoled, and criticized. He employed his own recurrent themes, presented in a positive light, so as to undermine others. More fundamentally, he pursued philosophy neither in solitary meditation, nor out among the masses, but on a one-to-one basis,following an argument through with one individual at a time, as if the nature of philosophy demanded that it be practiced dialogically.
Relation
A Companion to Socrates p. 254-272
Relation
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470996218
Date
2006
Publisher
Blackwell
Keyword(s)
classics;  classical philosophy;  Socrates;  truth
Resource Type
book chapter
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/44519
Identifier
ISBN:9781405108638
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