Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Adler, Jonathan
• Vasiliou, Iakovos

Titel

Inferring Character from Reasoning: The Example of Euthyphro

Ist Teil von

• American philosophical quarterly (Oxford), 2008-01, Vol.45 (1), p.43-56

Ort / Verlag

Champaign, Il: North American Philosophical Publications, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Adler and Vasiliou argue that the bad reasoning that Plato attributes to Euthyphro in the eponymous dialogue is to be explained by defects in character. Euthyphro's argument early in the dialogue is an example of how a person's character not only affects the content of a person's argument, which would be unsurprising, but also perverts the person's reasoning itself. What makes Plato's treatment of Euthyphro subtle and interesting is that he provides Euthyphro with an argument that has a manifestly impeccable veneer.