Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian Studies: Essays in Honor of Gerasimos Santas

by Georgios Anagnostopoulos

Book Overview

Acknowledgements.- Notes on Contributors.- The Works of Gerasimos Santas.- Abbreviations of Plato's Works.- Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works.- Introduction; Georgios Anagnostopoulos.- The Diagnostic Function of Socratic Definitions; Michael Ferejohn.- Definition and Elenchus; Nicholas P. White.- Reasons and the Problem of the Socratic Elenchus; Alejandro Santana.- Santas, Socrates, and Induction; Mark L. McPherran.- Socrates Mythologikos; Fred D. Miller, Jr.- Is the Prudential Paradox in the Meno?; T. Brickhouse and N. 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; A. Coumoundouros and R. Polansky.- Knowledge, Virtue, and Method in Republic [471c-502c]; Hugh H. 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; 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.- Bibliography.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400737300
• ISBN13: 9789400737303
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"