Plato's Aporetic Style

Southern Journal of Philosophy 27 (4):539-547 (1989)
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I describe an aporetic structure found in certain dialogues and explain the structure by showing how it serves, better than expository writing, the pedagogical goal of avoiding giving readers a false sense of knowledge in producing understanding of a philosophical account.

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00384283

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10.1111/j.2041-6962.1989.tb00507.x

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