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34Socrates on the EmotionsPlato Journal 15 9-28. 2015.In Plato’s Protagoras, Socrates clearly indicates that he is a cognitivist about the emotions—in other words, he believes that emotions are in some way constituted by cognitive states. It is perhaps because of this that some scholars have claimed that Socrates believes that the only way to change how others feel about things is to engage them in rational discourse, since that is the only way, such scholars claim, to change another’s beliefs. But in this paper we show that Socrates is also respon…Read more
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34Socratic Teaching and Socratic MethodIn Harvey Siegel (ed.), The Oxford handbook of philosophy of education, Oxford University Press Usa. pp. 177. 2009.
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33Roberts on Responsibility for Action and Character in the Nicomachean EthicsAncient Philosophy 11 (1): 137-148. 1991.
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31The trial and execution of Socrates: sources and controversies (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2002.Socrates is one of the most important yet enigmatic philosophers of all time; his fame has endured for centuries despite the fact that he never actually wrote anything. In 399 B.C.E., he was tried on the charge of impiety by the citizens of Athens, convicted by a jury, and sentenced to death (ordered to drink poison derived from hemlock). About these facts there is no disagreement. However, as the sources collected in this book and the scholarly essays that follow them show, several of even the …Read more
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30Socrates’ Proposed Penalty in Plato’s ApologyArchiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 64 (1): 1-18. 1982.
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26A Contradiction in Aristotle's Doctrines Concerning the Alterability of Moral Hexeis_ and the Role of _Hexeis in the Explanation of ActionSouthern Journal of Philosophy 14 (4): 401-411. 1976.
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24Book Review: Plato's Apology of Socrates: A Literary and Philosophical Study with a Running Commentary (review)American Journal of Philology 117 (3): 487-492. 1996.
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22Socrates on Akrasia, Knowledge, and the Power of AppearanceIn Christopher Bobonich & Pierre Destrée (eds.), Akrasia in Greek philosophy: from Socrates to Plotinus, Brill. pp. 1--18. 2007.
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21Socrates - (G.) Rudebusch Socrates. Pp. xvi +221. Malden, MA and Oxford: Wiley–Blackwell, 2009. Paper, £14.99, €18. ISBN: 978-1-4051-5086-6 (review)The Classical Review 61 (1): 55-56. 2011.
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21Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito: Critical EssaysRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2004.Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, andCrito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by leading classical philosophers, investigate various aspects of these works of Plato, including the significance of Plato's characters, Socrates's revolutionary religious ideas, and the relationship betw…Read more
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19Apology of Socratic StudiesPolis 20 (1-2): 108-127. 2003.In this paper, we defend Socratic studies as a research programme against several recent attacks, including at least one recently published in Polis. Critics have argued that the study of Socrates, based upon evidence mostly or entirely derived from some set of Plato’s dialogues, is sfounded upon faulty and indefensible historical or hermeneutical technique. We begin by identifying what we believe are the foundational principles of Socratic studies, as the field has been pursued in recent years,…Read more
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18Why Socrates Should Not Be PunishedHistory of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 20 (1): 53-64. 2017.: In her recent paper, “How to Escape Indictment for Impiety: Teaching as Punishment in the Euthyphro,” G. Fay Edwards argues that if Socrates were to become Euthyphro’s student, this should count as the appropriate punishment for Socrates’ alleged crime. In this paper, we show that the interpretation Edwards has proposed conflicts with what Socrates has to say about the functional role of punishment in the Apology, and that the account Socrates gives in the Apology, properly understood, also pr…Read more
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13Roberts on Responsibility for Action and Character in the Nicomachean EthicsAncient Philosophy 11 (1): 137-148. 1991.
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