PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUES by T. J. Smiley (Editor) ( 9780197261538 )

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PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUES
PLATO, HUME, WITTGENSTEIN - DAWES HICKS LECTURES ON PHILOSOPHY

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T. J. Smiley (Editor)

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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6 July, 1995

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Proceedings of the British Academy v.85

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The three essays contained in this volume examine the reasons why particular philosophers have chosen to use the form of the dialogue as a tool to interact between the philosophical content and the literary form.

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Many of the greatest philosophers have used the form of the dialogue to expound their arguments, yet the vehicle itself has been inadequately studied. The three essays in this volume examine the reasons why particular philosophers have chosen to use the dialogue as a tool to interact between the philosophical content and the literary form. David Sedley and Jonathan Dancy discuss two works by acknowledged masters of the dialogue, Plato's "Phaedo" and Hume's dialogues "Concerning Natural Religion". A study of Wittgenstein in this context may seem more surprising, but Jane Heal intriguingly explores his exchanges with an unnamed interlocutor in the "Investigations".

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