プラトンの知識論(1) : ソクラテスの問の意味

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Socrates of Plato's dialogues is continually asking questions. In each discussion he first proposes some important problem, usually ethical; and it is the primary question. We form it as a question: "What is X?". Then, he proceeds to examine it by means of a series of questions to the answerer; and those are secondary questions. The whole process is led by the proposition that the question 'What is X? is prior to certain other questions about X, in the sense that we cannot find sure answers to those other questions until we have found sure answers to the primary one. This article aims first to examine the above process and through it to explain the true meaning of the Socratic Definition. My conclusion is that the Socratic ideal of morality is raised by an ideal of knowledge through definition. Therefore the construction of a consistant and practical ethical theory depends upon an adequete epistemology.
東京女子大学の論文
1979-03-20