PHIL 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Techne, Dogma, Main Source
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Socrates wrote nothing: plato: main source; admirer, xenophon: tells stories involving socrates but is rather unsophisticated, 3 periods of plato"s dialogues, early dialogues: euthyphro, crito, apology; represent accurate views and proceedings of. Republic; positive doctrines aplenty, supported by many arguments. Plato is working out his own solutions to the problems the sophists posed: late dialogues: explore difficulties discovered in the doctrines of the middle period. Socrates begins to play a lesser role; in the very late laws, he disappears altogether. Midwife of philosophy: midwife in the realm of thought, midwife: determine if a child was a bastard, socrates does not give birth to ideas, help deliver the ideas truth, examining . Athenian, a follower of socrates, who testifies to. Dialectic: for socrates, it is a progression of questions and answers, exposing unsatisfactory opinions and driving toward less inadequate beliefs. A technique for helping others by raising objections to what they believe.
