Plato's Meno: Socrates and the Paradox of Enquiry
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In this video I discuss Socrates' response to the Paradox of Enquiry proposed by Meno in Plato's Meno. Looking at what the paradox is, Socrates' response to the paradox, a better reply to the paradox, and why there may be more to Socrates' response than meets the eye.
References
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Fine, G. (2014) The Possibility of Inquiry: Meno’s Paradox from Socrates to Sextus, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Kraut, Richard, "Plato", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2017/entries/plato/.
Scott, D. (2006) Plato’s Meno, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Silverman, Allan, "Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2014/entries/plato-metaphysics/.
Weiss, R. (2001) Virtue in the Cave: Moral Inquiry in Plato’s Meno, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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