Socratic Perplexity - And the Nature of Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Gareth B. Matthews has been Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts for thirty years. Zusammenfassung This text suggests that we can better understand the nature of philosophical inquiry if we recognize the central role played by perplexity. The seminal representation of philosophical perplexity is in Plato's dialogues.

Product details

• Authors: Gareth B. Matthews
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780198238287
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823828-7
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge