Plato’s Pragmatism: Rethinking the Relationship between Ethics and Epistemology
Author:   Nicholas R. Baima ,  Tyler Paytas
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   248
Publication Date:   29 December 2020
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Author:   Nicholas R. Baima ,  Tyler Paytas
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367445423


ISBN 10:   0367445425
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   29 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
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Prelude 1 PART I Virtue, Veracity, and Noble Lies 13 1 Beneficial Falsehoods in the Republic: The Priority of the Practical 15 2 Ethical Commitments and Persuasion in the Laws 40 3 The Ring of Gyges and the Nature of Ethical Commitments 67 PART II Courage, Caution, and Faith 89 4 Charming Away the Fear of Death in the Phaedo 91 5 Better, Braver, and Less Idle: Faith and Inquiry in the Meno 110 6 Absurdity and Speciousness in the Protagoras and the Euthydemus 132 PART III Commoners, Rulers, and Gods 155 7 Philosophers, Soul Parts, and False Beliefs in the Republic 157 8 Truthful Gods and the Limits of Divine Assimilation 177 Coda 197

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Nicholas R. Baima is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, USA. He specializes in ancient philosophy and ethical theory. His work in ancient philosophy has appeared in journals such as Apeiron, Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy Today, Phronesis, and the Journal of the History of Philosophy. He has also published on moral philosophy in journals such as Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, the Journal of Value Inquiry, and Neuroethics. Tyler Paytas is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Australian Catholic University. He was previously a VolkswagenStiftung Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Stuttgart and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at ACU. He specializes in moral philosophy and the history of ethics, with articles in journals such as Kantian Review, Phronesis, Utilitas, Faith and Philosophy, and the Journal of the History of Philosophy. He is the co-editor, with Tim Henning, of Kantian and Sidgwickian Ethics: The Cosmos of Duty Above and the Moral Law Within (Routledge, 2020).

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