Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian studies : essays in honor of Gerasimos Santas / Georgios Anagnostopoulos, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anagnostopoulos, Georgios.

Santas, Gerasimos Xenophon

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Philosophical studies series ; v. 117.

Philosophical studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Santas, Gerasimos Xenophon.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxix, 409 pages : portrait ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2011]

Summary:

This book collects studies by leading scholars in ancient Greek Philosophy on key topics in Socratic, Platonic, and Aristotelian thought. The essays range over a number of central themes in ancient philosophy, providing rigorous analyses of arguments and texts.

Contents:

The diagnostic function of Socratic definitions / Michael Ferejohn

Definition and elenchus / Nicholas White

Reasons and the problem of the Socratic elenchos / Alejandro Santana

Santas, Socrates, and induction / Mark L. McPherran

Socrates mythologikos / Fred D. Miller

Is the prudential paradox in the Meno? / Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith

Gerasimos / Terry Penner

Beyond de re: toward a dominance theory of desire attribution / Naomi Reshotko

The good and the just in Plato's Gorgias / Christopher Rowe

Socrates, wisdom and pedagogy / George Rudebusch

The Republic as philosophical drama / John P. Anton

Function, ability and desire in Plato's Republic / Antonis Coumoundouros and Ronald Polansky

Knowledge, virtue, and method in Republic 471c-502c / Hugh Benson

Reasoning about justice in Plato's Republic / Anthony W. Price

Plato on justice / David Keyt

Plato on the ideal of justice and human happiness: return to the cave (Republic 519e-521b) / Yuji Kurihara

Surpassing in dignity and power: the metaphysics of goodness in Plato's Republic / Christopher Shields

Comments on Plato's causal explanation / D.Z. Andriopoulos

Desires and faculties in Plato and Aristotle / Deborah K.W. Modrak

Is Aristotle's function argument fallacious? / Gavin Lawrence

Aristotle on discovering and desiring the real good / Mariana Anagnostopoulos

Continuity and incommensurability in ancient Greek philosophy and mathematics / Vassilis Karasmanis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The works of Gerasimos Santas": pages 401-403.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789400717299

9400717296

OCLC:

731918687