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The Self‐as‐Philosopher: A Schema‐Informed Reading of Philosophy as a Way of Life
Metaphilosophy, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 174-188, April 2026.Abstract This article offers an original reading of the process and outcomes of training in philosophy as a way of life. By drawing on research and theory from the fields of cognitive psychology and adult learning, it argues that the transformative effects frequently ascribed to the practice of philosophy as a way of life can helpfully be ...
Joel Owen
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El concepto adaptativo de la felicidad según el Gorgias de Platón y su aplicación actual
Desafíos, 2022 En el Gorgias de Platón podemos encontrar la respuesta a dos preguntas que son orientadoras en el planteamiento ético platónico: la primera es una pregunta ontológica “¿cómo debemos vivir?” y la segunda es una pregunta epistemológica “¿cómo podemos ...
José Antonio Berún-Barrantes
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Metaphilosophy, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 209-221, April 2026.Abstract In Plato's Republic, Socrates' account of an ancient quarrel between poetry and philosophy closely concerns the failure of poets to defend justice as good in itself and not merely for its external benefits. No less an exemplum of poetry than Shakespeare's Macbeth does just that.
Mark J. Boone
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Inscriptions, 2021 Plato’s Gorgias sees Socrates frequently compare justice to the practice of a techné. This comparison has traditionally been taken to express the so-called doctrine of Socratic intellectualism, according to which knowledge of the good necessarily leads ...
Frederik-Emil Friis Jakobsen
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Plato, the designers and engineers [PDF]
, 2001 The products or services that designers and engineers influence as part of their professional work represent their views. People can elect to adopt their service or product and thus identify themselves with particular designers or engineers provided
Monk, John
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The Unity of the Soul in Plato's Republic [PDF]
, 2012 This essay argues that Plato in the Republic needs an account of why and how the three distinct parts of the soul are parts of one soul, and it draws on the Phaedrus and Gorgias to develop an account of compositional unity that fits what is said in the ...
Brown, Eric
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The Story of Romantic Love and Polyamory
Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 795-813, July 2025.ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between romantic love and polyamory. Our central question is whether traditional norms of monogamy can be excised from romantic love so as to harmonize with polyamory's ethical dimensions (as we construe them).
Michael Milona, Lauren Weindling
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Ut sophistes pictor: An Introduction to the Sophistic Contribution to Aesthetics
Humanities, 2023 This essay provides an introduction to the question of the contribution of the ancient sophists to aesthetics in Western art. It commences by examining the persistent analogies to visual arts in negative and positive discussions of sophistry, both ...
Clare Lapraik Guest
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Was Descartes responsible for the problem of other minds?
Philosophical Investigations, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 249-268, July 2025.Abstract It is customary to present René Descartes as the initiator of the problem of other minds in modern philosophy. Briefly, the other minds problem is this. (1) Our acquaintance with thinking relies on inner observation or introspection. (2) In contrast, our observations of others can only access their body surfaces and behaviour.
Olli Lagerspetz
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Polymatheia, 2021 Górgias traz, em A Defesa de Palamedes, inquietações que permeiam o pensamento humano desde a antiguidade, a exemplo da honra. O sofista defende que uma pessoa sábia, que se dedica à prática de coisas boas, não deveria passar por certas situações em ...
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