Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian Studies: Essays in Honor of Gerasimos Santas (Philosophical Studies Series, 117)

This volume contains outstanding studies by some of the best scholars in ancient Greek Philosophy on key topics in Socratic, Platonic, and Aristotelian thought. These studies provide rigorous analyses of arguments and texts and often advance original interpretations. The essays in the volume range over a number of central themes in ancient philosophy, such as Socratic and Platonic conceptions of philosophical method; the Socratic paradoxes; Plato's view on justice; the nature of Platonic Forms, especially the Form of the Good; Aristotle's views on the faculties of the soul; Aristotle's functionalist account of the human good; Socratic, Platonic, and Aristotelian views on the nature of desire and its object. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of ancient philosophy and classics. The Diagnostic Function Of Socratic Definitions / Michael Ferejohn -- Definition And Elenchus / Nicholas White -- Reasons And The Problem Of The Socratic Elenchos / Alejandro Santana -- Santas, Socrates, And Induction / Mark L. Mcpherran -- Socrates Mythologikos / Fred D. Miller -- Is The Prudential Paradox In The Meno? / Thomas C. Brickhouse And Nicholas D. Smith -- Gerasimos / Terry Penner -- Beyond De Re: Toward A Dominance Theory Of Desire Attribution / Naomi Reshotko -- The Good And The Just In Plato's Gorgias / Christopher Rowe -- Socrates, Wisdom And Pedagogy / George Rudebusch -- The Republic As Philosophical Drama / John P. Anton -- Function, Ability And Desire In Plato's Republic / Antonis Coumoundouros And Ronald Polansky -- Knowledge, Virtue, And Method In Republic 471c-502c / Hugh Benson -- Reasoning About Justice In Plato's Republic / Anthony W. Price -- Plato On Justice / David Keyt -- Plato On The Ideal Of Justice And Human Happiness: Return To The Cave (republic 519e-521b) / Yuji Kurihara -- Surpassing In Dignity And Power: The Metaphysics Of Goodness In Plato's Republic / Christopher Shields -- Comments On Plato's Causal Explanation / D.z. Andriopoulos -- Desires And Faculties In Plato And Aristotle / Deborah K.w. Modrak -- Is Aristotle's Function Argument Fallacious? / Gavin Lawrence -- Aristotle On Discovering And Desiring The Real Good / Mariana Anagnostopoulos -- Continuity And Incommensurability In Ancient Greek Philosophy And Mathematics / Vassilis Karasmanis. Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Works Of Gerasimos Santas: P. 401-403. Front Matter....Pages i-xxix The Diagnostic Function of Socratic Definitions....Pages 1-17 Definition and Elenchus....Pages 19-34 Reasons and the Problem of the Socratic Elenchos....Pages 35-52 Santas, Socrates, and Induction....Pages 53-74 Socrates Mythologikos ....Pages 75-92 Is the Prudential Paradox in the Meno ?....Pages 93-101 Gerasimos....Pages 103-124 Beyond De Re : Toward a Dominance Theory of Desire Attribution....Pages 125-143 The Good and the Just in Plato’s Gorgias ....Pages 145-163 Socrates, Wisdom and Pedagogy....Pages 165-184 The Republic as Philosophical Drama....Pages 185-204 Function, Ability and Desire in Plato’s Republic ....Pages 205-218 Knowledge, Virtue, and Method in Republic 471c–502c....Pages 219-243 Reasoning About Justice in Plato’s Republic ....Pages 245-254 Plato on Justice....Pages 255-270 Plato on the Ideal of Justice and Human Happiness: Return to the Cave ( Republic 519e–521b)....Pages 271-279 Surpassing in Dignity and Power: The Metaphysics of Goodness in Plato’s Republic ....Pages 281-296 Comments on Plato’s Causal Explanation....Pages 297-322 Desires and Faculties in Plato and Aristotle....Pages 323-333 Is Aristotle’s Function Argument Fallacious?....Pages 335-365 Aristotle on Discovering and Desiring the Real Good....Pages 367-387 Continuity and Incommensurability in Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics....Pages 389-399 Back Matter....Pages 401-409 This book collects studies by leading scholars in ancient Greek Philosophy on key topics in Socratic, Platonic, and Aristotelian thought. The essays range over a number of central themes in ancient philosophy, providing rigorous analyses of arguments and texts. Abstract: This book collects studies by leading scholars in ancient Greek Philosophy on key topics in Socratic, Platonic, and Aristotelian thought. The essays range over a number of central themes in ancient philosophy, providing rigorous analyses of arguments and texts. Read more...