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62The Theaetetus provides Plato's fullest discussion of human knowledge and is a rich vehicle for reflection upon its topic. Polansky's commentary demonstrates that the dialogue in fact holds the complete Platonic account of knowledge -- an account which is as sophisticated as any offered by contemporary philosophers.
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15Commentary on GallopProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 4 (1): 291-302. 1988.
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64Descartes' 'provisional morality'Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 93 (3): 353-372. 2012.Discourse on Method part 3 offers une morale par provision, usually translated as ‘a provisional moral code’. Occasionally it has been questioned that this code is temporary and restricted to those engaged in pure inquiry. We argue that Descartes intends the moral code to be his final ethical position universally applicable. Since the moral code is ‘derived from’ the rules of method, it should have their permanence, holding for the time pure inquiry commences and when it completes the sciences. …Read more
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2Professor Vlastos's analysis of Socratic elenchus'Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 3 247-60. 1985.
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