David Roochnik
Biographic Data
| ID | 488880 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Roochnik |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Roochnik |
| SIGNATURE | ROOCHNIK D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6193-4980 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Does Philosophy Need to Know Its History: A Nonhistoricist Reading of the History of Philosophy
The Demise of the Humanities and What Aristotle Would Say About It
Plato's Ambivalent Assessment of Democracy
Socrates' Critique of Writing
Why Did Plato Write Dialogues
Ancient Mousikē: Technē or Epistēmē
In Book 8 of the Politics Aristotle argues that because music can ‘fashion the character of the soul’ (1340b12) it merits a place in the paideia , the education, of the young. He then asks whether it is sufficient for students ‘to enjoy the playing of music by others’ (1339b6) or must they ‘learn by singing and actually putting their hands to the playing of instruments?’ (1340b21)? His answer will be the latter but only ‘up to a point’ ( mechri t…
Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis
Substantial City: Reflections On Aristotle’s Politics
Minimally, Aristotle’s account of the ‘city’ (polis) is isomorphic with his metaphysical doctrine of substance (ousia) and teleological conception of nature. Maximally, his political theory depends on it. Part I explains what this means. Part II discusses the significant consequences the notion of a ‘substantial city’ has for Aristotle’s political theory. Part III suggests how this notion can be deployed to address the notorious question of wheth…
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of poli…
The Political Drama of Plato’s Republic
The first scene of Plato's Republic foreshadows the political questions that the remainder of the dialogue addresses in enormous detail. Socrates has the opening line (which he delivers to an unnamed character): "I went down to the Piraeus yesterday with Glaucon." The Piraeus was the seaport of Athens, a few miles southwest and lower in elevation than the city proper. Most important, it was the setting of the resistance movement that fought again…
Referees
Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy
Self-Recognition in Plato’s Theaetetus
Irony and Accessibility
The problems of a political animal: Community, justice, and conflict in Aristotelian political thought
Is Rhetoric an Art?
This essay discusses four pivotal moments in the consideration of whether rhetoric is an art. Section I sets the stage by briefly discussing the charge against rhetoric found in the Gorgias. Section II sketches the arguments of Sextus Empiricus and shows how they can be traced back to a single objection implicit in the Socratic charge, namely that the putative subject matter of rhetoric is indeterminate. Section III reviews several arguments pres…
The Cambridge companion to Plato
Stanley fish and the old quarrel between rhetoric and philosophy
In Doing What Comes Naturally, Stanley Fish argues on behalf of rhetoric and against philosophy. The latter assumes an independent reality that can be perceived without distortion and then reported in a transparent verbal medium. The former insists that this is impossible. As Fish acknowledges, this debate is a version of the “old quarrel” that has raged since the dialogues of Plato and the orations of the sophists. The present paper first examin…
The tragedy of reason: Towards a Platonic Conception of Logos
Plato's Use of ATEXNWS
Socrates's Use of the Techne-Analogy
Socrates's Use of the Techne-Analogy DAVID L. ROOCHNIK IT HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED that Socrates's use of both the term and concept of techn~in arguments that are analogical in structure is crucial in Plato's early dialogues.' Indeed, entire commentaries have made an interpretation of the "techne-analogy" (TA) a central motif. Recently thiswas the case in Irwin's Plato'sMoral Theory. The TA also figured prominently in Sprague's Plato's Philosophe…
Substantial City: Reflections On Aristotle’s Politics
Minimally, Aristotle’s account of the ‘city’ (polis) is isomorphic with his metaphysical doctrine of substance (ousia) and teleological conception of nature. Maximally, his political theory depends on it. Part I explains what this means. Part II discusses the significant consequences the notion of a ‘substantial city’ has for Aristotle’s political theory. Part III suggests how this notion can be deployed to address the notorious question of wheth…
Irony and Accessibility
Stanley fish and the old quarrel between rhetoric and philosophy
In Doing What Comes Naturally, Stanley Fish argues on behalf of rhetoric and against philosophy. The latter assumes an independent reality that can be perceived without distortion and then reported in a transparent verbal medium. The former insists that this is impossible. As Fish acknowledges, this debate is a version of the “old quarrel” that has raged since the dialogues of Plato and the orations of the sophists. The present paper first examin…
Socrates's Use of the Techne-Analogy
Socrates's Use of the Techne-Analogy DAVID L. ROOCHNIK IT HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED that Socrates's use of both the term and concept of techn~in arguments that are analogical in structure is crucial in Plato's early dialogues.' Indeed, entire commentaries have made an interpretation of the "techne-analogy" (TA) a central motif. Recently thiswas the case in Irwin's Plato'sMoral Theory. The TA also figured prominently in Sprague's Plato's Philosophe…
Plato's Use of ATEXNWS
The tragedy of reason: Towards a Platonic Conception of Logos
Stanley fish and the old quarrel between rhetoric and philosophy
In Doing What Comes Naturally, Stanley Fish argues on behalf of rhetoric and against philosophy. The latter assumes an independent reality that can be perceived without distortion and then reported in a transparent verbal medium. The former insists that this is impossible. As Fish acknowledges, this debate is a version of the “old quarrel” that has raged since the dialogues of Plato and the orations of the sophists. The present paper first examin…
Is Rhetoric an Art?
This essay discusses four pivotal moments in the consideration of whether rhetoric is an art. Section I sets the stage by briefly discussing the charge against rhetoric found in the Gorgias. Section II sketches the arguments of Sextus Empiricus and shows how they can be traced back to a single objection implicit in the Socratic charge, namely that the putative subject matter of rhetoric is indeterminate. Section III reviews several arguments pres…
The Cambridge companion to Plato
The problems of a political animal: Community, justice, and conflict in Aristotelian political thought
Irony and Accessibility
Self-Recognition in Plato’s Theaetetus
Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of poli…
The Political Drama of Plato’s Republic
The first scene of Plato's Republic foreshadows the political questions that the remainder of the dialogue addresses in enormous detail. Socrates has the opening line (which he delivers to an unnamed character): "I went down to the Piraeus yesterday with Glaucon." The Piraeus was the seaport of Athens, a few miles southwest and lower in elevation than the city proper. Most important, it was the setting of the resistance movement that fought again…
Referees
Substantial City: Reflections On Aristotle’s Politics
Minimally, Aristotle’s account of the ‘city’ (polis) is isomorphic with his metaphysical doctrine of substance (ousia) and teleological conception of nature. Maximally, his political theory depends on it. Part I explains what this means. Part II discusses the significant consequences the notion of a ‘substantial city’ has for Aristotle’s political theory. Part III suggests how this notion can be deployed to address the notorious question of wheth…
Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis
Ancient Mousikē: Technē or Epistēmē
In Book 8 of the Politics Aristotle argues that because music can ‘fashion the character of the soul’ (1340b12) it merits a place in the paideia , the education, of the young. He then asks whether it is sufficient for students ‘to enjoy the playing of music by others’ (1339b6) or must they ‘learn by singing and actually putting their hands to the playing of instruments?’ (1340b21)? His answer will be the latter but only ‘up to a point’ ( mechri t…
Plato's Ambivalent Assessment of Democracy
Socrates' Critique of Writing
Why Did Plato Write Dialogues
Does Philosophy Need to Know Its History: A Nonhistoricist Reading of the History of Philosophy
The Demise of the Humanities and What Aristotle Would Say About It
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