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50Opposites and Plato's Principle of Change in the Phaedo Cyclical ArgumentJournal of the History of Philosophy 58 (3): 423-448. 2020.In discussing Socrates's argument for Plato's principle of change in the Phaedo, Syrianus asks, To what kind of opposites is Socrates referring? I offer a new answer to Syrianus's question. I start from David Sedley's view that the opposites in question are converse contraries, which behave as converses in comparative contexts. I show that the quantitative pairs that Socrates cites fit Sedley's view because they are implicit comparatives. Nonetheless, I argue that Socrates's evaluative pairs are…Read more
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70Identification and definition in the lysisArchiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 87 (1): 75-104. 2005.In this paper, I make a case for interpreting the Lysis as a dialogue of definition, designed to answer the question of “What is a friend?” The main innovation of my interpretation is the contention – and this is argued for in the paper – that Socrates hints towards a definition of being a friend that applies equally to mutual friendship and one-way attraction – the two kinds of friend relation very clearly identified by Socrates in the dialogue. The key to understanding how the two different ki…Read more
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19Plato’s Lysis, by Terry Penner and Christopher Rowe (review)Ancient Philosophy 27 (1): 170-174. 2007.
University of Chicago
Alumnus, 1971
Areas of Specialization
History of Western Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
History of Western Philosophy |