William S Cobb
Biographic Data
| ID | 1401680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William S Cobb |
| GIVEN NAMES | William S |
| FAMILY NAME | Cobb |
| SIGNATURE | COBB W S |
| AFFILIATIONS | William & Mary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Out of Africa: The Dilemmas of Afrocentricity
Plato’s Theages
The Argument of the Protagoras
It is widely assumed that the arguments tendered by Sokrates in the Protagoras involve serious logical fallacies. My contention is that this view is mistaken, and I shall argue that Sokrates makes no significant logical errors in this dialogue. I shall begin with a few general assertions about the dialogue as a dramatic whole, since I believe that a grasp of the general theme and character of the dialogue is essential for understanding the argume…
Anamnesis: Platonic Doctrine or Sophistic Absurdity
There are two basic ways in which the phenomenon of learning is explicated in the Platonic dialogues: First, by means of an analogy with vision, and second, by arguing that the acquisition of knowledge is really anamnesis (recollection). The analogy with vision is the more common of the two and occurs throughout the dialogues. The passage in the Republic comparing the sun and the good (508c-509b) is the best known instance of this approach to the…
Out of Africa: The Dilemmas of Afrocentricity
The Argument of the Protagoras
It is widely assumed that the arguments tendered by Sokrates in the Protagoras involve serious logical fallacies. My contention is that this view is mistaken, and I shall argue that Sokrates makes no significant logical errors in this dialogue. I shall begin with a few general assertions about the dialogue as a dramatic whole, since I believe that a grasp of the general theme and character of the dialogue is essential for understanding the argume…
Anamnesis: Platonic Doctrine or Sophistic Absurdity
There are two basic ways in which the phenomenon of learning is explicated in the Platonic dialogues: First, by means of an analogy with vision, and second, by arguing that the acquisition of knowledge is really anamnesis (recollection). The analogy with vision is the more common of the two and occurs throughout the dialogues. The passage in the Republic comparing the sun and the good (508c-509b) is the best known instance of this approach to the…
The Argument of the Protagoras
It is widely assumed that the arguments tendered by Sokrates in the Protagoras involve serious logical fallacies. My contention is that this view is mistaken, and I shall argue that Sokrates makes no significant logical errors in this dialogue. I shall begin with a few general assertions about the dialogue as a dramatic whole, since I believe that a grasp of the general theme and character of the dialogue is essential for understanding the argume…
Plato’s Theages
Out of Africa: The Dilemmas of Afrocentricity
Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Absurdity (1 works) · Analogy (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Argumentation theory (1 works)