Open Socrates

Open Socrates
AuthorAgnes Callard
SubjectPhilosophy
PublisherW. W. Norton
Publication dateJanuary 14, 2025
Pages416
ISBN978-1-63149-846-6

Open Socrates is a 2025 book by American philosopher Agnes Callard.

Summary

The book is divided into three parts: "Untimely Questions" (chapters 1–4), "The Socratic Method" (chapters 5–7), and "Socratic Answers" (chapters 8–11)

Part 1: Untimely Questions

Chapter 1: "The Tolstoy Problem"
Chapter 2: "Load-Bearing Answers"
Chapter 3: "Savage Commands"
Chapter 4: "Socratic Intellectualism"

Part 2: The Socratic Method

Chapter 5: "The Gadfly-Midwife Paradox"
Chapter 6: "Moore's Paradox of Self-Knowledge"
Chapter 7: "Meno's Paradox"

Part 3: Socratic Answers

Chapter 8: "Politics: Justice and Liberty"
Chapter 9: "Politics: Equality"
Chapter 10: "Love"
Chapter 11: "Death"

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