10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELENCTIC»
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Second, in some elenctic arguments the moral hypothesis in question itself
serves as a premise such that when it is conjoined with other premises its
negation is deduced. :tl It is obvious that Socrates himself does not antecedently
endorse the ...
Thomas C. Brickhouse, Nicholas D. Smith, 1994
2
Socratic Wisdom: The Model of Knowledge in Plato's Early ...
w.2.6 Elenctic versus Certain Knowledge These passages have led a number of
commentators, Vlastos most famously, to distinguish two ways in which Socrates
uses his knowledge words.28 According to Vlastos, when Socrates professes ...
3
The Cambridge Companion to Plato
THE THEORY OF RECOLLECTION The elenctic reply disarms the paradox by
arguing that, contrary to (3), inquiry is possible in the absence of knowledge. It
seems to be a good, and complete, reply. Why, then, does Plato supplement the ...
are right, when Socrates claims 'to know' that one must obey one's superiors at
Apology 29b6-7, he is only professing confidence in what, as the result of
numerous elenctic tests he has found to be justified — elenctic testing has shown
that ...
Thomas C. Brickhouse, Nicholas D. Smith, 1990
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A Companion to Aristotle
Elenctic. Proof. of. PNC. It is one thing to prove something about an ultimate
principle such as PNC, but quite another thing to prove the principle itself.
Aristotle unambiguously rejects the latter project precisely because PNC is
presupposed by ...
Georgios Anagnostopoulos, 2013
6
Ancient Self-Refutation: The Logic and History of the ...
sketched, shouldbekeptdistinctfromtherelated'meta-elencticargument', i.e. the
more abstract reflection or 'moral' which we can extrapolate from the elenctic
proof and which expresses its underlying rationale: borrowing Code's words, ...
7
Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato's Apology of Socrates
The goal of elenctic examination is to persuade people to care for virtue more
than for wealth and other conventional goods, in part by showing them that they
already believe that virtue is more valuable than any of these things. Even if
virtue is ...
8
Petrus Van Mastricht (1630-1706): Reformed Orthodoxy : ...
CHAPTER SEVEN ELENCTIC Introduction and Statement of the Problem
Scholarship has characterized Protestant Scholasticism as polemical in nature1
and having a important role in seventeenth-century Reformed theology.2 Muller
notes, ...
Adriaan Cornelis Neele, 2009
9
Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient ...
But that the Meno marks a break with the so-called elenctic dialogues appears
secure.1 At Meno 80d-e, Plato has first Meno and then Socrates pose a
challenge that the readers of the elenctic dialogues have been wanting to pose
for some ...
John J. Cleary, Gary M. Gurtler, 2003
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Trials of Reason : Plato and the Crafting of Philosophy: ...
For example, the result of elenctic inquiry may be rejection of the interlocutor's
theses, while the result of ''hypothetical'' inquiry may be affirmation, if only
ultimately tentatively or hypothetically, of some positive thesis. However, a
positive result ...
David Wolfsdorf Assistant Professor of Philosophy Temple University, 2007
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELENCTIC»
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The Anglican Doctrine of Baptism - Lee Gatiss
See Francis Turretin, The Institutes of Elenctic Theology (Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1997), 3:384-393, who goes too far in asserting (387) that the ... «Virtue Online, Feb 13»
The Socratic Method Keeps the Student Thinking
His “elenctic” method consists of asking questions – of others and oneself – until one discovers the limits of one's knowledge or arrives at some ... «New York Times, Dec 11»
