Gareth B. Matthews has been Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts for thirty years.

• 1. Perplexity and the Figure of Socrates ; 2. Perplexity and the Beginning of Philosophy ; 3. Getting Perplexed about the Virtues ; 4. Getting Perplexed about Divine Normativity ; 5. Shared Perplexity: The Self-Stinging Stingray ; 6. Avoiding Perplexity: The Paradox of Inquiry ; 7. Purely Instrumental Perplexity ; 8. Second-Order Perplexity ; 9. Professionalized Perplexity: The Midwife ; 10. Perplexity as Itself a Target of Inquiry ; 11. Perplexity and Methodology in Aristotle ; 12. Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy ; Bibliography ; Index

Gareth B. Matthews has been Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts for thirty years.

• 1. Perplexity and the Figure of Socrates ; 2. Perplexity and the Beginning of Philosophy ; 3. Getting Perplexed about the Virtues ; 4. Getting Perplexed about Divine Normativity ; 5. Shared Perplexity: The Self-Stinging Stingray ; 6. Avoiding Perplexity: The Paradox of Inquiry ; 7. Purely Instrumental Perplexity ; 8. Second-Order Perplexity ; 9. Professionalized Perplexity: The Midwife ; 10. Perplexity as Itself a Target of Inquiry ; 11. Perplexity and Methodology in Aristotle ; 12. Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy ; Bibliography ; Index

Gareth B. Matthews has been Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts for thirty years.

• 1. Perplexity and the Figure of Socrates ; 2. Perplexity and the Beginning of Philosophy ; 3. Getting Perplexed about the Virtues ; 4. Getting Perplexed about Divine Normativity ; 5. Shared Perplexity: The Self-Stinging Stingray ; 6. Avoiding Perplexity: The Paradox of Inquiry ; 7. Purely Instrumental Perplexity ; 8. Second-Order Perplexity ; 9. Professionalized Perplexity: The Midwife ; 10. Perplexity as Itself a Target of Inquiry ; 11. Perplexity and Methodology in Aristotle ; 12. Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy ; Bibliography ; Index