Socratic Ignorance and Skepticism

&
Skepsis: A Journal for Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Research 7 (1996)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Argues that the Socratic profession of wisdom is not an expression of skepticism. Plato's Socrates claims to know things and says that others also know things. The profession of ignorance is a profession about wisdom, not about any other type of knowledge.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive

External links

  • This entry has no external links. Add one.
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

The profession of ignorance: with constant reference to Socrates.Martin McAvoy - 1999 - Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Textual Keys to Understand Socrates' Profession of Ignorance in the Apology.Trinidad Silva - 2019 - Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics 21 (2):154-176.
The Epistemology and Metaphysics of Socrates.Gareth B. Matthews - 2008 - In Gail Fine (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Plato. New York: Oxford University Press.
Technē and the Problem of Socratic Philosophy in the Gorgias.David Levy - 2005 - Apeiron 38 (4):185-228.
From Irony to Enigma: Discovering Double Ignorance and Socrates’ Divine Knowledge.Danielle A. Layne - 2010 - Méthexis 23 (1):73-90.
Plato's Socrates.Thomas C. Brickhouse & Nicholas D. Smith (eds.) - 1994 - New York: Oxford University Press.
The Ignorance of Xenophon’s Socrates.Sandra Peterson - 2023 - Ancient Philosophy 43 (1):21-34.
Ignorance, irony, and knowledge in Plato.Kevin Crotty - 2022 - Lanham: Lexington Books.
Wisdom, Ignorance, and Virtue: New Essays in Socratic Studies.Mark L. McPherran - 1997
Socratic Ignorance and Platonic Knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato by Sara Ahbel-Rappe.Michael Erler - 2019 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 57 (2):339-340.

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-01-31

Downloads
330 (#84,829)

6 months
85 (#73,155)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Nicholas D. Smith
Lewis & Clark College

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references