Titlebook: Why Plato Lost Interest in the Socratic Method; Gareth B. Matthews,S. Marc Cohen Book 2023 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)

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Book 2023and late dialogues Plato went beyond Socrates to present his own mature philosophical thought. In this book, Matthews revises this explanation by uncovering the shortcomings that Plato came to find in the Socratic method and the reasons why Plato lost interest in it.

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,Downgrading the Elenchus: , I–II,akes it clear that the classic elenchus will be powerless against a well-worked out philosophical theory offered by a sophisticated professional. What will be required is a superior alternative theory. And that is just what Plato offers in the rest of the ..

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Philosophy Professionalized: ,wn. This new method also seems to provide Plato with a response to the Targeting Requirement that has so far been lacking. And it leads to the consideration of some fundamental questions in the philosophy of language, and hence to the professionalization of philosophy.