Andy German
Biographic Data
| ID | 3760576 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andy German |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andy |
| FAMILY NAME | German |
| SIGNATURE | GERMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4622-3862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Platonic Autonomy
Hegel between Aristotle and Kant
Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy
"If any evidence were needed of a revived interest in Plato's treatment of self-knowledge and self-ignorance, the bibliography at the back of this volume should be evidence enough. Papers, monographs, and symposia on the topic are increasingly thick on the ground"...
Is Socrates free? The Theaetetus as case study
Most scholars agree that Plato’s concept of freedom, to the extent he has one, is ‘intellectualist’: true freedom is submission to the rule of reason through philosophical knowledge of rational order. Surprisingly, though, there are few explicit linkages of philosophy and freedom in Plato. Socrates is called many things in the dialogues, but not ‘free’. I aim to understand why by studying the Theaetetus, heretofore ignored in discussions of Plato…
What is ‘First Philosophy’? Comments on Richard Velkley's Heidegger, Strauss, and the Premises of Philosophy
In a noteworthy new study, Richard Velkley brings together Martin Heidegger and Leo Strauss as part of a reexamination of the foundations and nature of philosophical questioning. Velkley, Heidegger, Strauss, and the Premises of Philosophy: On Original Forgetting (hereafter Premises) (Chicago, IL, 2011), 4. All parenthetical references in the main article are to page numbers in the book under review. All translations are my own.2 Leo Strauss, On T…
Tyrant and Philosopher
What is the significance of the recurring link between tyranny and philosophy in Plato? Often, Plato’s treatment of tyranny is discussed either in the context of moral psychology—as a problem of agency, moral choice and akrasia — or political science, where it is the limit case of political decline. It is suggested, however, that a close inspection of the myth of Er and an elucidation of its neglected links, not just with the rest of the Republic…
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Tyrant and Philosopher
What is the significance of the recurring link between tyranny and philosophy in Plato? Often, Plato’s treatment of tyranny is discussed either in the context of moral psychology—as a problem of agency, moral choice and akrasia — or political science, where it is the limit case of political decline. It is suggested, however, that a close inspection of the myth of Er and an elucidation of its neglected links, not just with the rest of the Republic…
What is ‘First Philosophy’? Comments on Richard Velkley's Heidegger, Strauss, and the Premises of Philosophy
In a noteworthy new study, Richard Velkley brings together Martin Heidegger and Leo Strauss as part of a reexamination of the foundations and nature of philosophical questioning. Velkley, Heidegger, Strauss, and the Premises of Philosophy: On Original Forgetting (hereafter Premises) (Chicago, IL, 2011), 4. All parenthetical references in the main article are to page numbers in the book under review. All translations are my own.2 Leo Strauss, On T…
Is Socrates free? The Theaetetus as case study
Most scholars agree that Plato’s concept of freedom, to the extent he has one, is ‘intellectualist’: true freedom is submission to the rule of reason through philosophical knowledge of rational order. Surprisingly, though, there are few explicit linkages of philosophy and freedom in Plato. Socrates is called many things in the dialogues, but not ‘free’. I aim to understand why by studying the Theaetetus, heretofore ignored in discussions of Plato…
Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy
"If any evidence were needed of a revived interest in Plato's treatment of self-knowledge and self-ignorance, the bibliography at the back of this volume should be evidence enough. Papers, monographs, and symposia on the topic are increasingly thick on the ground"...
Hegel between Aristotle and Kant
Platonic Autonomy
Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works)