Plato is mistaken on both sides of his distinction between Socrates and the Sophists. He imagines the Sophists to have a formless power that cannot be resisted. This exaltation of the power of persuasion needs to be seen as motivating excessive fears in various modern debates. Pragmatic approaches can lessen our fear
If one were to look for a Platonic definition of a sophist, it would seem that there could be no bet...
A traditional pastime of philosophers is the analysis of rhetoric and the repudiation of sophistry. ...
textMaligned for millennia, the Sophists began to experience in the nineteenth century a renaissanc...
Plato is mistaken on both sides of his distinction between Socrates and the Sophists. He imagines th...
Argument and myth, historical figure and archetype, Socrates dominates our image of inquiry. How did...
What does it take to settle an argument or debate, for the classical Greek philosophers, and how doe...
Aiming, in contrast to the traditional attitude, to arrive at general distinction of the role of the...
The sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals who frequented Athens and other ...
A critique of Habermas is theory of the three worlds as a foundation for criticism and social philos...
International audienceWhat is sophistics ? What are the genuine reasons of philosophers'hostility, f...
A discussion of the role of metaphor and reinterpretation in extending architectural vocabularies
Plato constructs the philosopher in contrast to the sophist. Both sophistical and rhetorical logos,...
If we have no transparent access to our self, what kind of self-criticism is possible? Neither moder...
A critical examination of the different kinds of irony relevant to architecture, especially romantic...
If one were to look for a Platonic definition of a sophist, it would seem that there could be no bet...
A traditional pastime of philosophers is the analysis of rhetoric and the repudiation of sophistry. ...
textMaligned for millennia, the Sophists began to experience in the nineteenth century a renaissanc...
Plato is mistaken on both sides of his distinction between Socrates and the Sophists. He imagines th...
Argument and myth, historical figure and archetype, Socrates dominates our image of inquiry. How did...
What does it take to settle an argument or debate, for the classical Greek philosophers, and how doe...
Aiming, in contrast to the traditional attitude, to arrive at general distinction of the role of the...
The sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals who frequented Athens and other ...
A critique of Habermas is theory of the three worlds as a foundation for criticism and social philos...
International audienceWhat is sophistics ? What are the genuine reasons of philosophers'hostility, f...
A discussion of the role of metaphor and reinterpretation in extending architectural vocabularies
Plato constructs the philosopher in contrast to the sophist. Both sophistical and rhetorical logos,...
If we have no transparent access to our self, what kind of self-criticism is possible? Neither moder...
A critical examination of the different kinds of irony relevant to architecture, especially romantic...
If one were to look for a Platonic definition of a sophist, it would seem that there could be no bet...
A traditional pastime of philosophers is the analysis of rhetoric and the repudiation of sophistry. ...
textMaligned for millennia, the Sophists began to experience in the nineteenth century a renaissanc...