Plato’s Protagoras

Essays on the Confrontation of Philosophy and Sophistry

AvOlof Pettersson,Vigdis Songe-Møller

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

They explore Plato’s dialogue, looking at questions of how philosophy and sophistry relate, both on a methodological and on a thematic level.While many of the contributing authors argue for a sharp distinction between sophistry and philosophy, this is contested by others.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-04
Mått:155 x 235 x 14 mm
Vikt:376 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Philosophical Studies Series
Antal sidor:235
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319833248

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Mer om författaren

Olof Pettersson is postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen. Besides his dissertation on Plato’s notion of appetite, he is the author of several articles on Plato and is published in a range of international journals. His focus of research is ancient philosophy with a particular interest in Plato’s notion of non-argumentative means of influence and their linguistic underpinnings. Currently he works on a project on Plato’s critique of language.Vigdis Songe-Møller is professor emerita at the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen. She is author of Philosophy Without Women. The Birth of Sexism in Western Thought and two volumes on pre-Socratic philosophy. Her focus of research has been feminist interpretations of ancient Green texts, especially by Hesiod, Anaximander, Parmenides, and Plato. She leads the research project Poetry and Philosophy. Poetical and Argumentative Elements of Plato's Philosophy.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Hallvard Fossheim: "The Question of Methodology in Plato's Protagoras".- Chapter 2. Knut Ågotnes: “Socrates’ Sophisticated Attack on Protagoras”.- Chapter 3. Hayden W. Ausland: “The Treatment of Virtue in Plato’s Protagoras”.- Chapter 4. Jens Kristian Larsen: “By What Is the Soul Nourished? On the Art of the Physician of Souls in Plato’s Protagoras”.- Chapter 5. Vivil Valvik Haraldsen: “Is Pleasure Any Good? Weakness of Will and the Art of Measurement in Plato's Protagoras”.- Chapter 6. Cynthia Freeland: “The Science of Measuring Pleasure and Pain".- Chapter 7. Gro Rørstadbotten: "Turning Towards Philosophy. A reading of the Protagoras 309a1-314e2".- Chapter 8. Marina McCoy: “The Protagoras, Writing and the Comedy of Aporia".- Chapter 9. Vigdis Songe-Møller: “Socrates’ Irony: A Voice from Nowhere? On voice (phone), topos, and atopos in Plato's Protagoras".- Chapter 10. Olof Pettersson: “Dangerous Voices: On Written and Spoken Discourse in Plato’s Protagoras".- Chapter 11. Kristin Sampson: "Visible and Audible Movement in the Protagoras".- Chapter 12. Paul Woodruff: "Why Did Protagoras Use Poetry in Education?".