PHIL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aporia, Meletus, Foundationalism
21 Feb 2018
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Sources: euthyphro: written after trial, apology: socrates defense during trial, crito: socrates in prison awaiting execution friends want to break him out but believes it is unmoral, phaedo: plato"s metaphysics. Soul vs. body: xenophon: another of socrates students. Socrates reasons he must know something about righteousness. Typical structure of the early dialogues: socrates mainly asks questions and does not argue for his own view, people are revealed as ignorant, conversation ends at an impasse (aporia) more questions! Socrates defense (apology: begins defense by addressing the unofficial accusers. Head in the clouds: comedian aristophanes mocked socrates in his play, teaches tricks how to make weak arguments into winning ones in the court. Against the first accusation: socrates does not teach anyone for money, denies scientific speculation. Wisdom of socrates: socrates loves wisdom but is not wise in the way of a philost, asks important question instead of knowing the answer.
