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What is perhaps most important to the generation of aporia is the production of at least the appearance of contradiction, by one means or another. The appearance of contradiction is intolerable because contra-diction is itself impossible: the same thing cannot be at once F and not-F in the same respect. When led to accept contradictories even ...
In philosophy, an aporia is a philosophical puzzle or a seemingly irresoluble impasse in an inquiry, often arising as a result of equally plausible yet inconsistent premises, i.e., a paradox. It can also denote the state of being perplexed, or at a loss, at such a puzzle or impasse.
It is argued that the occurrence of dramatic aporia in select dialogues reflects the theme of the difficulty of realizing philosophy as a rational discursive enterprise within a political community of antiphilosophical attitudes.
Jul 6, 2005 · Attempts to differentiate reverence from justice by appeal to the gods lead back to the better answer that was refuted earlier. The conclusion is aporia (impasse); many scholars believe that it points to a theoretical conclusion, a component of Socrates’ doctrine of the unity of virtue. There is no way to differentiate reverence from justice ...
Oct 2, 2024 · Aporia has its beginning with Socrates and is either defined subjectively as a state of mind of being perplexed, at a loss or in a state of inarticulateness, or objectively as the cause and object of this state of mind—or the active correlation between the two.
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Dec 18, 2017 · Chapter 1 Contradiction and Aporia in Early Greek Philosophy; Chapter 2 Socrates and the Benefits of Puzzlement; Chapter 3 Aporia and Sceptical Argument in Plato’s Early Dialogues; Chapter 4 Aporia in Plato’s Parmenides; Chapter 5 Aporia in Plato’s Theaetetus and Sophist; Chapter 6 Aporia and Dialectical Method in Aristotle
It is typical of Socrates in a number of dialogues traditionally considered early— Laches, Euthyphro, Charmides, Protagoras as well as Meno —to lead the interlocutor towards a state of aporia, a mental state of perplexity and being at a loss, about some ethical subject—courage, piety, temperance, virtue.
