Kenneth Dorter

Biographic Data

ID1089351
NAMEKenneth Dorter
GIVEN NAMESKenneth
FAMILY NAMEDorter
SIGNATUREDORTER K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Guelph
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1970
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX1

  • A Dialectical Reading of the Bhagavadgita

    Kenneth DorterARTICLEAsian Philosophy2012

    The Gita at first appears to be a series of explanations of various kinds of yoga strung together in no apparent order, and several of its claims and arguments seem to contradict one another. I argue that the apparent contradictions disappear if we see the arguments as related to one another dialectically rather than analytically. From an analytic perspective contradictions are either merely verbal and can be disambiguated by a conceptual distinc…

  • The transformation of Plato's Republic

    Kenneth DorterBOOKThe transformation of Plato's…2006

  • The fusion and diffusion of musical traditions1

    Kenneth DorterARTICLEThe European Legacy2004

    The question whether the fusion of the musical traditions of different cultures is a good thing or not is irrelevant in practical terms, since there is no realistic possibility of preventing it, but the advantages and disadvantages that the process brings are worth considering nevertheless. The loss of diversity that results when one tradition is overwhelmed by its contact with a more influential one is not redressed by the increased variety that…

  • Form and good in Plato's Eleatic dialogues

    Kenneth DorterBOOKForm and good in Plato's Eleatic…1994

    Plato's four dialogues are treated here for the first time as a continuous argument. In Dorter's view, Plato re-examines the theory of forms propounded in his earlier dialogues and reaffirms them, not as perfectly robust tools in the service of human knowledge, but as absolutely essential. Thus, Dorter contradicts both those philosophers who would argue that Plato espoused uncritically his initial theory of forms throughout his work and those phi…

  • Nussbaum on Transcendence in Plato and Aristotle

    Open AccessKenneth DorterARTICLEDialogue1993

    Martha Nussbaum's The Fragility of Goodness is an ambitious, imaginative and wide-ranging study (from classical antiquity to contemporary moral theory), one which has understandably received considerable attention. It comprises studies of the five authors that are arguably the greatest interpretive thinkers of classical antiquity whose works have come down to us: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Plato and Aristotle. Nussbaum's project is to contr…

  • Diairesis and the Tripartite Soul in the Sophist

    Kenneth Dorter, Inc Mathesis PublicationsARTICLEAncient Philosophy1990

  • Sparshott's Theory of the Arts

    Kenneth DorterARTICLEThe British Journal of Aesthetics1987

    Journal Article SPARSHOTT'S THEORY OF THE ARTS Get access Kenneth Dorter Kenneth Dorter Department of Philosophy, University of GuelphGuelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 27, Issue 4, AUTUMN 1987, Pages 363–370, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/27.4.363 Published: 01 April 1987

  • The Reciprocity Argument and the Structure of Plato's Phaedo

    Kenneth DorterARTICLEJournal of the history of…1977

    The Reciprocity Argument and the Structure of Plato's Phaedo KENNETH DORTER THERE IS A CURIOUS AMBIGUITY in the attitude generally taken toward the Phaedo. While it remains one of Plato's most popular dialogues, its ostensible theme--the arguments for the immortality of the soul--is given relatively little serious attention. It is often held that they are not only invalid if taken at face value, but were recognized as such by Plato, ~for he makes…

  • Truth and philosophy

    Open AccessKenneth DorterARTICLEThe Journal of Value Inquiry1977

  • Plato's Image of Immortality

    Kenneth DorterARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1976

    Journal Article Plato’s Image of Immortality Get access Kenneth Dorter Kenneth Dorter University of Guelph Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 26, Issue 105, October 1976, Pages 295–304, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218860 Published: 01 October 1976

  • Epistemology and Ontology

    Open AccessKenneth DorterARTICLEDialogue1974References: 2

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  • The Ion

    Open AccessKenneth DorterARTICLEJournal of Aesthetics and Art…1973

  • The Ion

    Kenneth DorterARTICLEJournal of Aesthetics and Art…1973

  • Equality, Recollection, and Purification

    Kenneth DorterARTICLEPhronesis1972

  • First Philosophy

    Open AccessKenneth DorterARTICLEDialogue1972Cited by: 2

    Philosophy, and especially metaphysics, today enjoys less respect and influence than at any time in the last 800 years, since Aristotle was rediscovered by the Medievals. Philosophy once was the realm of the controversies and upheavals that determine man's perspectives and attitudes; today that realm is the sciences and arts. Once "the queen of the sciences", philosophy is rapidly becoming their handmaiden or stepchild. The very relevance of phil…

  • The Dramatic Aspect of Plato's Phaedo

    Open AccessKenneth DorterARTICLEDialogue1970

    It has often been remarked that the dramatic element of the Platonic writings is unique in philosophy, and there have been many attempts to account for its presence. Recently there has been a greater tendency to see it as more than mere ornamentation or naturalism, as an essential element in understanding the philosophy of the dialogue. The one unquestionably authentic statement by Plato on philosophical writing is in the Phaedrus where Socrates,…