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    Pleasure and truth in republic 9
    Classical Quarterly 63 (1): 110-138. 2013.
    AtRepublic9, 583b1–587a2, Socrates argues that the pleasure of the philosophical life is the truest pleasure. I will call this the ‘true pleasure argument’. The true pleasure argument is divisible into two parts: 583b1–585a7 and 585a8–587a2. Each part contains a sub-argument, which I will call ‘the misperception argument’ and ‘the true filling argument’ respectively. In the misperception argument Socrates argues that it is characteristic of irrational men to misperceive as pleasant what in fact …Read more
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    On Goodness
    Oup Usa. 2019.
    On Goodness attempts to answer the question "What is goodness?" The method it employs to answer this question is linguistic. The central methodological claim of the book is that answering the question "What is goodness?" requires answering the question "What does the word 'goodness' mean?" Consequently, On Goodness is pervasively informed by and critically engaged with ideas and theories in contemporary linguistics.
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    Pleasure and truth inrepublic9
    Classical Quarterly 63 (1): 110-138. 2013.
    AtRepublic9, 583b1–587a2, Socrates argues that the pleasure of the philosophical life is the truest pleasure. I will call this the ‘true pleasure argument’. The true pleasure argument is divisible into two parts: 583b1–585a7 and 585a8–587a2. Each part contains a sub-argument, which I will call ‘the misperception argument’ and ‘the true filling argument’ respectively. In the misperception argument Socrates argues that it is characteristic of irrational men to misperceive as pleasant what in fact …Read more
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    The historical reader of Plato's Protagoras
    Classical Quarterly 48 (1): 126-133. 1998.
    The popular question why Plato wrote dramatic dialogues, which is motivated by a just fascination and perplexity for contemporary scholars about the unique form of the Platonic texts, is confused and anachronistic; for it judges the Platonic texts qua philosophical texts in terms of post–Platonic texts not written in dramatic dialogic form. In comparison with these, the form of Platos early aporetic dialogues is highly unusual. Yet, in its contemporary milieu, the form of Platonic literature is …Read more
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    Courage and knowledge at protagoras 349e1–351b2
    Classical Quarterly 56 (2): 436-444. 2006.
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    Early Greek Ethics (edited book)
    Oxford University Press. 2020.
    Early Greek Ethics is the first volume devoted to philosophical ethics in its "formative" period. It explores contributions from the Presocratics, figures of the early Pythagorean tradition, sophists, and anonymous texts, as well as topics influential to ethical philosophical thought such as Greek medicine, music, friendship, and justice.
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    Aporia in Plato's "Charmides", "Laches", and "Lysis"
    Dissertation, The University of Chicago. 1997.
    Plato's Charmides, Laches and Lysis are defined as aporetic in that the investigations conducted by the dramatis personae within these texts are governed by the question, What-is-F?, and by the end of the investigations the interlocutors have failed to reach a mutually satisfactory definition of F. The aim of this study is to explain why Plato composed the Charmides, Laches and Lysis as aporetic. This study suggests that Plato's composition of the Charmides, Laches and Lysis as aporetic was a dr…Read more
  •  117
    Socrates' Pursuit of Definitions
    Phronesis 48 (4). 2003.
    "Socrates' Pursuit of Definitions" examines the manner in which Socrates pursues definitions in Plato's early definitional dialogues and advances the following claims. Socrates evaluates definitions (proposed by his interlocutors or himself) by considering their consistency with conditions of the identity of F (F-conditions) to which he is committed. In evaluating proposed definitions, Socrates seeks to determine their truth-value. Socrates evaluates the truth-value of a proposed definition by c…Read more
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    The Method at Meno 86e1-87d8
    Phronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy 53 (1): 35-64. 2008.
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    The historical reader of Plato's Protagoras1
    Classical Quarterly 48 (01): 126-. 1998.
    The popular question why Plato wrote dramatic dialogues, which is motivated by a just fascination and perplexity for contemporary scholars about the unique form of the Platonic texts, is confused and anachronistic; for it judges the Platonic texts qua philosophical texts in terms of post–Platonic texts not written in dramatic dialogic form. In comparison with these, the form of Platos early aporetic dialogues is highly unusual. Yet, in its contemporary milieu, the form of Platonic literature is …Read more
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    Plato and the Mouth-Piece Theory
    Ancient Philosophy 19 (Special Issue): 13-24. 1999.
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    Desire for good in meno 77b2–78b6
    Classical Quarterly 56 (01): 77-. 2006.
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    Review of Naomi Reshotko, Socratic Virtue: Making the Best of the Neither-Good-nor-Bad (review)
    Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2007 (1). 2007.