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Plato's Pragmatism : Rethinking the Relationship Between Ethics and Epistemology
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Translations and Abbreviations -- Prelude -- 1 The Alethic Interpretation -- 2 Summary -- 3 Methodology -- Notes -- Part I: Virtue, Veracity, and Noble Lies -- Chapter 1: Beneficial Falsehoods in the Republic :...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Online-Ressource Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Milton
: Taylor & Francis Group
, 2020
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| E-Book-Pakete: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Translations and Abbreviations -- Prelude -- 1 The Alethic Interpretation -- 2 Summary -- 3 Methodology -- Notes -- Part I: Virtue, Veracity, and Noble Lies -- Chapter 1: Beneficial Falsehoods in the Republic : The Priority of the Practical -- 1.1 Genuine Falsehoods and Falsehood in Words -- 1.2 Reality and Matters of Fact -- 1.3 The Most Authoritative Things -- 1.3.1 Ethical Matters -- 1.3.2 The Forms -- 1.4 Ethical Commitments -- 1.5 The Priority of the Practical -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Ethical Commitments and Persuasion in the Laws -- 2.1 Preludes, Persuasion, and Medicine -- 2.2 Scholarly Impasse -- 2.3 On the Weakness of Moral Motivation -- 2.4 Religion for the Unsophisticated -- 2.5 Ignorance, Vice, and Motivation -- 2.6 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 3: The Ring of Gyges and the Nature of Ethical Commitments -- 3.1 The Compatibility Thesis -- 3.2 Normative Objects and the Limiting Requirement -- 3.3 Intrinsic Valuing within a Eudaimonist Framework -- 3.4 The Importance of Ethical Commitments -- 3.5 Justified Lying and Ethical Commitments -- 3.6 Summary -- Notes -- Part II: Courage, Caution, and Faith -- Chapter 4: Charming Away the Fear of Death in the Phaedo -- 4.1 The Phaedo Anomaly -- 4.2 "The Best of Men" -- 4.3 The Phaedo Anomaly Redux -- 4.4 The Limits of Truth -- 4.5 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Better, Braver, and Less Idle: Faith and Inquiry in the Meno -- 5.1 Obstacles to Inquiry -- 5.2 Virtue as a Reason for Belief -- 5.3 Intellectual Courage -- 5.3.1 Courage -- 5.3.2 Courage vs. Recklessness -- 5.3.3 Against Abstinence -- 5.4 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Absurdity and Speciousness in the Protagoras and the Euthydemus -- 6.1 The Puzzle -- 6.1.1 Recommendation to the Young -- 6.1.2 Inquiry -- 6.2 Truthfulness and Absurdity -- 6.2.1 Intention. 6.2.2 Content -- 6.2.3 Method -- 6.2.4 Interlocutor's Psychological State -- 6.2.5 Position of Power -- 6.3 The Norms of Inquiry -- 6.3.1 The Dichotomy of Circumspection Principle -- 6.3.2 Benefits of Absurdity -- 6.3.3 Abusing Arguments and Bad Reputations -- 6.4 Summary -- Notes -- Part III: Commoners, Rulers, and Gods -- Chapter 7: Philosophers, Soul Parts, and False Beliefs in the Republic -- 7.1 Belief and Control -- 7.1.1 Belief -- 7.1.2 Early Childhood Education -- 7.2 Dyed Wool and the Bent Stick -- 7.2.1 Preliminary Argument -- 7.2.2 The Limits of the Non-Reasoning Part of the Soul -- 7.3 Objections -- 7.3.1 Too Strong -- 7.3.2 Too Weak -- 7.3.3 Inconsistent -- 7.4 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Truthful Gods and the Limits of Divine Assimilation -- 8.1 The Platonic Divine Deception Puzzle -- 8.2 Candidate Solutions -- 8.3 Soul-Building -- 8.4 Friendship and Self-Sufficiency -- 8.5 Friends to the Gods -- 8.6 The Merits of Plato's Views -- 8.7 Summary -- Notes -- Coda -- 1 Synthesizing Plato's Pragmatism -- 2 Counterevidence -- 2.1 Truth and Rationality -- 2.2 Metaphysics -- 3. The Philosophical Merits of Plato's Pragmatism -- 3.1 Authoritative Deception -- 3.2 Epistemic Risk -- 3.3 The Human Condition -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Historical Sources -- Contemporary Sources -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (249 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781000320015 |
