10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELENCHIC»
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elenchic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Acts Amid Precepts: The Aristotelian Logical Structure of ...
daily for the earlier sections of the present chapter, for what I hope to do is to "
prove" FPPR by employing an elenchic demonstration modelled upon the
elenchic demonstration of PNC in Aristotle's Metaph. iv,4.3 I place the word '
prove' in ...
2
Natural Law and Moral Inquiry
The expression 'elenchic demonstration' refers to Metaph. iv,4,1006a55ff, where
Aristotle acknowledges that, since PNC is a first principle (arche), it cannot be
demonstrated. It can however, he says, be "demonstrated by elenchus" (esti d' ...
3
Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham
ABRAHAM IN AN ELENCHIC TEXT Manuscript Matenadaran M10200 is a
Miscellany written in 1624, 1634, and 1666. The scribes were Sargis and Amiras
of Erznka. Previously, we have published texts from it relating to the antediluvian
...
4
Formal Causes: Definition, Explanation, and Primacy in ...
provisional sort (elenchic knowledge) that acquires whatever epistemic warrant it
enjoys by virtue of having been adequately defended against sustained elenchic
attack. Vlastos then maintains that Geach's “fallacy” is merely apparent ...
Michael T. Ferejohn, 2013
5
Universal Dictionary of the English Language: A New and ...
elenchic—-elephantopus. 2. A fallacious argument; a sophism " She will have her
elenche, To cut oifan fallacy I can hope To put upon ." , Mussinger.' Emperor qfthc
Brut, ii. 1. ' 3. The refutation of an opponent by argumg. II. Antiq. : A kind of ...
Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, Thomas Henry Huxley, 1897
6
A Companion to Socrates
Second, it is a commonplace of Platonic scholarship that by the time Socrates
discovers the tripartite soul, he has abandoned elenchic method. And, as we saw
in sections 1 and 2 above, there are good reasons for doing so: if a person's
belief ...
Sara Ahbel-Rappe, Rachana Kamtekar, 2009
This only reinforces the notion of the philosopher as a soloist. However, if we
examine more closely the structure of Platos dialogues, and consider the efficacy
of the elenchic method employed ubiquitously by Socrates, we gain a preliminary
...
Each, that is, could be the subject of an elenchic inquiry, and there is, perhaps,
no guarantee that either of them would survive. But the fact is that they remain
unchallenged in the Euthyphro, and this shows that Euthyphro and Socrates are
...
Peter J. Steinberger, 2005
9
Platonic Political Art: A Study of Critical Reason and Democracy
Here his argument is not very "elenchic." Socrates' defense against the impiety
charge is slightly more elenchic because he tried to show that the charge was
self-contradictory.171 Meletus admitted that Socrates believed in divine activities.
10
Philosophers on Education: New Historical Perspectives
But therearesome ideas (those of mathematics and of justice) and someabilities(
those involved in recognizing inconsistencies) that cannot,without circularity, be
derivedfrom elenchic reflection. The educationof wise rulers musttherefore ...
