| Description |
137 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Perplexity and the Figure of Socrates -- 2. Perplexity and the Beginning of Philosophy -- 3. Getting Perplexed about the Virtues -- 4. Getting Perplexed about Divine Normativity -- 5. Shared Perplexity: The Self-Stinging Stingray -- 6. Avoiding Perplexity: The Paradox of Inquiry -- 7. Purely Instrumental Perplexity -- 8. Second-Order Perplexity: Parmenides -- 9. Professionalized Perplexity: The Midwife -- 10. Perplexity as Itself a Target of Inquiry -- 11. Perplexity and Methodology in Aristotle -- 12. Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy |
| Summary |
"Gareth Matthews suggests that we can better understand the nature of philosophical inquiry if we recognize the central role played by perplexity. The seminal representation of philosophical perplexity is in Plato's dialogues; Matthews invites us to view this as a response to something inherently problematic in the basic notions that philosophy deals with. He examines the intriguing shifts in Plato's attitude to perplexity and suggests that this development may be seen as an archetypal pattern that philosophers follow even today."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-134) and index |
| Subject |
Plato. Dialogues.
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Socrates.
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Perplexity (Philosophy)
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| LC no. |
99010366 |
| ISBN |
0198238282 |
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