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9Socratic teaching and Socratic methodIn Harvey Siegel (ed.), The Oxford handbook of philosophy of education, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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30G. John M. Abbarno, The Ethics of Homelessness. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1999, 258 pp.(Indexed). ISBN 90-420-0777-X, $22.00 (Pb). Robert B. Baker, Arthur L. Caplan, Linda L. Emanuel and Stephen R. Latham, eds., The American Medical Ethics Revolution. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, 396 pp.(Indexed). ISBN 0-8018-6170 (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 35 285-289. 2001.
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24Books for review and for listing here should be addressed to Emily Zakin, Review Editor, Department of Philosophy, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056Teaching Philosophy 25 (1): 107. 2002.
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16Danielle Archibugi and Bengt-Ake Lundvall, eds., The Globalizing Learn-ing Economy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 307 pp.(indexed). ISBN 0-19-925817-1 (pb). Simon Blackburn, Being Good. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, 162 pp.(indexed). ISBN 0-19-285377-5 (pb) (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 38 285-286. 2004.
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91The Paradox of Socratic Ignorance in Plato's ApologyHistory of Philosophy Quarterly 1 (2). 1984.
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Socrates' Gods and the DaimonionIn Nicholas D. Smith & Paul Woodruff (eds.), Reason and religion in Socratic philosophy, Oxford University Press. pp. 74--88. 2000.
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1Zeigler On Plato's "Gorgias" and Psychological EgoismPacific Philosophical Quarterly 60 (4): 451. 1979.
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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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Socratic Moral PsychologyCambridge University Press. 2010.Socrates' moral psychology is widely thought to be 'intellectualist' in the sense that, for Socrates, every ethical failure to do what is best is exclusively the result of some cognitive failure to apprehend what is best. Until publication of this book, the view that, for Socrates, emotions and desires have no role to play in causing such failure went unchallenged. This book argues against the orthodox view of Socratic intellectualism and offers in its place a comprehensive alternative account t…Read more
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22Plato'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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55Socratic Moral PsychologyCambridge University Press. 2010.Socrates' moral psychology is widely thought to be 'intellectualist' in the sense that, for Socrates, every ethical failure to do what is best is exclusively the result of some cognitive failure to apprehend what is best. Until publication of this book, the view that, for Socrates, emotions and desires have no role to play in causing such failure went unchallenged. This book argues against the orthodox view of Socratic intellectualism and offers in its place a comprehensive alternative account t…Read more
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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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6The Socratic ParadoxesIn Hugh H. Benson (ed.), A Companion to Plato, Wiley-blackwell. 2006.This chapter contains sections titled: The Prudential Paradox The Meno Argument Socrates’ Argument against “The Many” in the Protagoras Knowledge and Belief What Endows an Object with the Power of Appearance? Does Socrates have the Metrētikē Technē? The Moral Paradox Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Note.
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6SocratesIn Christopher Shields (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2003.This chapter contains sections titled: “Socratic Problem” and Sources on Socrates Socrates' “Method” and Moral Viewpoints Socrates' Religious Views Socratic Irony and Rhetoric Socratic Ignorance and Socratic Knowledge Socrates' Influence on Later Philosophers References and Recommended Reading.
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12A 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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32Justice and Dishonesty in Plato's RepublicSouthern Journal of Philosophy 21 (1): 79-95. 1983.In this paper we explore plato's paradoxical remarks about the philosophical rulers' use of dishonesty in the "republic"--Rulers who, On the one hand, Are said to love truth above all else, But on the other hand are encouraged to make frequent use of "medicinal lies." we establish first that plato's remarks are in fact consistent, According to the relevant platonic theories too often forgotten by both critics and defenders of plato. Finally, We reformulate the underlying moral issue of the purpo…Read more
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19Why 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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30The Divine Sign Did Not Oppose MeCanadian Journal of Philosophy 16 (3): 511-526. 1986.After he has been condemned to death, Socrates spends a few minutes talking to the jurors before he is taken away. First, he rebukes those who voted against him for resorting to using the court to kill him when they could have waited and let nature do the same job very soon anyhow, for Socrates is an old man. He next contrasts the evils to which his accusers have resorted to his own unbending resolve never to resort to shameful actions, even though in this case such things might have saved his l…Read more
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72Socrates on How Wrongdoing Damages the SoulThe Journal of Ethics 11 (4): 337-356. 2007.There has been little scholarly attention given to explaining exactly how and why Socrates thinks that wrongdoing damages the soul. But there is more than a simple gap in the literature here, we shall argue. The most widely accepted view of Socratic moral psychology, we claim, actually leaves this well-known feature of Socrates’ philosophy absolutely inexplicable. In the first section of this paper, we rehearse this view of Socratic moral psychology, and explain its inadequacy on the issue of th…Read more
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220Socrates on TrialPrinceton University Press. 1990.Thomas Brickhouse and Nicholas Smith offer a comprehensive historical and philosophical interpretation of, and commentary on, one of Plato's most widely read works, the Apology of Socrates. Virtually every modern interpretation characterizes some part of what Socrates says in the Apology as purposefully irrelevant or even antithetical to convincing the jury to acquit him at his trial. This book, by contrast, argues persuasively that Socrates offers a sincere and well-reasoned defense against 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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37Socrates 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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