The structure of enquiry in Plato's early Dialogues /
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Author / Creator: | Politis, Vasilis, author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
Description: | ix, 255 pages ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10309517 |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. The Issue of the Justification of Plato's Essentialism: 1. The raising of the ti esti question; 2. How to answer the ti esti question; 3. The thesis of the priority of definition; Part II. The Role of Aporia and the Root of Plato's Essentialism: 4. What are Plato's early dialogues about?; 5. Whether-or-not questions and agonistic argument; 6. Whether-or-not questions and the articulation of aporiai; 7. Aporia-based inquiry aiming at knowledge; 8. What is behind the ti esti question?; Bibliography; General index; Index of passages cited.