Methodological and Metaphilosophical Lessons in Plato’s Ion

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  • Scott Forrest Aikin Vanderbilt University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-9471.v11i1p1-19

Keywords:

Plato, Ion, method, meraphilosophy, elenchus

Abstract

From a detailed overview of Socrates’ exchange with Ion, light is shed on why Socrates’ method of elenchus requires explicit accounts of concepts at issue.  Moreover, Ion’s character is shown to provide an object lesson in the tempting vice of intellectual sycophancy.

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2017-06-19

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017)

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Aikin, S. F. (2017). Methodological and Metaphilosophical Lessons in Plato’s Ion. Journal of Ancient Philosophy, 11(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-9471.v11i1p1-19