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More than a Reductio: Plato's Method in the Parmenides and Lysis [PDF]
Plato’s Parmenides and Lysis have a surprising amount in common from a methodological standpoint. Both systematically employ a method that I call ‘exploring both sides’, a philosophical method for encouraging further inquiry and comprehensively ...
Rodriguez, Evan
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Pico della Mirandola and the Presocratics [PDF]
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) decided to study all the ancient and medieval schools of philosophy, including the Pre-Socratics, in order to broaden his scope. Pico showed interest in ancient monists.
Steiris, Georgios
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Dialectic of eros and myth of the soul in Plato's Phaedrus [PDF]
In this paper, I question a widespread reading of a passage in the last part of the Phaedrus dealing with the science of dialectic. According to this reading, the passage announces a new method peculiar to the later Plato aiming at defining natural kinds.
Larsen, Jens Kristian
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It is a recurring pattern in Plato´s dialogues that the dialectician leads the discussion to a certain point where he identifies further, more fundamental problems, on which he claims to have his own view (to emoi dokoun, vel sim.), which he does not ...
Thomas Alexander Szlezák
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Epistemological vs. Ontological Relationalism in Quantum Mechanics: Relativism or Realism? [PDF]
In this paper we investigate the history of relationalism and its present use in some interpretations of quantum mechanics. In the first part of this article we will provide a conceptual analysis of the relation between substantivalism, relationalism and
de Ronde, Christian +1 more
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Analytic philosophy for biomedical research: the imperative of applying yesterday's timeless messages to today's impasses [PDF]
The mantra that "the best way to predict the future is to invent it" (attributed to the computer scientist Alan Kay) exemplifies some of the expectations from the technical and innovative sides of biomedical research at present.
A Armiento +166 more
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Mageiros sofistis: The Learned Cook in Athenaeus' Deipnosophistai
Mageiros sofistis: The Learned Cook in Athenaeus' Deipnosophistai Within the category of “cultural humour” applied by Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistai, a special place is assigned to the speeches of stock mageiroi, who seek to obtain theoretical ...
Magdalena Stuligrosz
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Poetry and Philosophy in the Sophists.
This paper examines the relationship between poetry and philosophy in the sophists, asking what role earlier traditions of poetry and song played in their work. The sophists’ influence on various genres of literature and philosophy is widely acknowledged, but, as this paper shows, the influence of earlier traditions of poetry and myth on their work was
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In chapters 17 to 23 of the Adversus Colotem Plutarch defends Socrates and Stilpo against Colotes’ criticism. I examine the embedding of this section in the larger context of the work, the links between the sections on Socrates ...
Jan Opsomer
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Peter Carravetta, The Elusive Hermes: Method Discourse Interpreting, Aurora, Colorado: The Davies Group Publishers, 2012, 504 p.
Eduardo Mendieta
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