A group of distinguished scholars here offer answers to this question by studying the relation between form and argument in his late dialogues.
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Plato himself is, however, not committed to such a view. Michael Frede asks the straightforward question: His answer is that by using the dialogic structure, Plato can advance philosophical claims without investing them with a false authority. This structure, significantly transformed from the earlier dialogues, allows Plato to display his own view of how to do philosophy.
Form and Argument in Late Plato
Rowe consider the question of whether or to what extent the Politicus follows the dialectical strictures of the Phaedrus. To this question Rowe gives a qualified positive response. He calls the work a "dialogue of search," that is, a work that, however imperfectly, mimics the actual process of discovery of answers to important philosophical questions. Osborne presents a detailed analysis of the Timaeus showing how the structure of the dialogue follows the complex account of the creation and structure of the sensible world.
Timaeus' account of the cosmos parallels the position occupied by the images of true reality. This analysis is worked out for the accounts of time, space and shape, and matter.
Francisco J. González, Form and Argument in Late Plato (review) - PhilPapers
Dorothea Frede tries to show how the Philebus, despite its late metaphysical innovations, can be read as a Socratic dialogue. Specifically, the goal is conversion in the soul of the interlocutor, the "reformable hedonist," Protarchus. You also may like to try some of these bookshops , which may or may not sell this item. Separate different tags with a comma. To include a comma in your tag, surround the tag with double quotes.
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In writing rich tales of philosophical encounters, does Plato desert argumentative clarity? While recent work has focused on the literary brilliance of the early dialogues, the late dialogues present a particular problem: Is there a philosophical reason why Plato's late works are in the form of dialogues? In this volume, a group of internationally prominent scholars address that question.
Their answers are fresh, varied, and powerfully argued. This volume offers both a series of first-class essays on major late Platonic dialogues and a discussion which has important implications for the study of philosophical method and the relation between philosophy and literature.
It shows that the literary form and modes of dialectic of the late dialogues are richly rewarding to study, and that doing so is of deep importance for Plato's philosophical project. Brian Prince - - Plato 11 The Carpenter and the Good. Rachel Barney - - In D. Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato's Republic.
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