Socrates on Self-Improvement : Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1316515532
ISBN-13
9781316515532
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 2021
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
440 grams
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23.50 x 15.80 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500Ethics & moral philosophy
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This book explains in clear language with appropriate scholarly attention to detail how and why Socrates continues to be a foundational figure in western philosophy, and especially in ethics and epistemology. It argues that the craft-model of knowledge offers a viable and potent theoretical basis for practical and ethical self-improvement.
What model of knowledge does Plato''s Socrates use? In this book, Nicholas D. Smith argues that it is akin to knowledge of a craft which is acquired by degrees, rather than straightforward knowledge of facts. He contends that a failure to recognize and identify this model, and attempts to ground ethical success in contemporary accounts of propositional or informational knowledge, have led to distortions of Socrates'' philosophical mission to improve himself and others in the domain of practical ethics. He shows that the model of craft-knowledge makes sense of a number of issues scholars have struggled to understand, and makes a case for attributing to Socrates a very sophisticated and plausible view of the improvability of the human condition.
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