Agora, Academy, and the Conduct of Philosophy
Agora, Academy, and the Conduct of Philosophy offers extremely careful and detailed criticisms of some of the most important assumptions scholars have brought to bear in beginning the process of (Platonic) interpretation. It goes on to offer a new way to
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PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES SERIES Founded by Wilfrid S. Sellars and Keith Lehrer
Editor
KEITH LEHRER, University ofArizona, Tucson Associate Editor
STEWART COHEN, Arizona State University, Tempe Board ofConsulting Editors
LYNNE RUDDER BAKER, University ofMassachusetts at Amherst ALLAN GIBBARD, University ofMichigan DENISE MEYERSON, University of Cape Town RONALD D. MILO, University ofArizona, Tucson FRAN~OIS RECANAn, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
STUART SILVERS, Clemson University NICHOLAS D. SMITH, Michigan State University
VOLUME 63
DEBRANAILS Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, V.S.A.
AGORA, ACADEMY, AND THE CONDUCT OF PHILOSOPHY
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-94-010-4068-6 ISBN 978-94-011-0151-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-0151-6
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for William Levitan
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE by Nicholas D. Smith ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS PART I:
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A METAPHILOSOPHICAL TASK
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: The Socratic Problem
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The Problem that Won't Go Away The Ancient Texts History of the Modem Controversy Contemporary Approaches to the Socratic Problem An Alternative Approach
Chapter 3: The Platonic Question
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A Minimalist Beginning Four Living Approaches A Self-Destructive Philosophical Duel The Herculaneum Papyrus: A Thought Experiment The Virtue of the Analytic Approach
PART II:
THE DEVELOPMENTAL HYPOTHESIS
Chapter 4: The Early Middle Late Consensus: How Deep? How Broad? The Developmental Hypothesis What is Meant by 'Consensus'? Who are the Players? Extent of the Consensus
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AGORA, ACADEMY, AND PHILOSOPHY
Chapter 5: The Content of the Dialogues
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General Developmental Considerations Vlastos's Chronology and Theses: Do They Work? Chapter 6: Stylometric Investigations
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What's at Stake A BriefLook at Stylometric History and Method Ledger's Important Advance From Ledger to Plato's "Middle" Cluster Chapter 7: Thesleffs Philological Undermining of Developmentalism
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The Positive Program The Attack on Developmentalism Results of Exploring Alternatives to Developmentalism Conclusions of Part II PART III: HAVELOCK'S HYPOTHESIS: PLATO OVERTURNS THE ORAL TRADITION Chapter 8: Socrates Oralist, Plato Textualist
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Introduction to Part III The Explicit Solution to the Socratic Problem The Implicit Solution to the Socratic Problem Havelock's Account of the Rise ofLiteracy Chapter 9: Literacy in Fifth Century Athens
Methodological Problems The Dispute to b
