New Perspectives on Platonic Dialectic: A Philosophy of Inquiry

This volume offers fresh perspectives on Platonic dialectic. Its 13 chapters explore this crucial aspect of Plato's philosophy and clarify what Plato takes to be proper dialectical procedures. They examine how these procedures are related to each other and other aspects of his philosophy, such as ethics, psychology, and metaphysics.

Author: Jens Kristian Larsen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/29/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780367629144

About the Author

Jens Kristian Larsen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at NTNU, Norway. He specializes in ancient philosophy, in particular Plato, and phenomenology. He recently published "What are Collections and Divisions Good for? A reconsideration of Plato's Phaedrus (2020) and co-edited the anthology Phenomenological Interpretations of Ancient Philosophy (2021).

Vivil Valvik Haraldsen is ph.d.-candidate in philosophy at the University of Oslo. She has published articles on Plato's Republic and book chapters on Plato's Protagoras, Phaedrus, and Apology of Socrates, and has co-edited the anthology Readings of Plato's Apology of Socrates: Defending the Philosophical Life (2018).

Justin Vlasits is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He specializes in all periods of ancient philosophy, with special emphasis on logic and philosophy of science. He has co-edited Epistemology after Sextus Empiricus with Katja Maria Vogt (2020).