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Causation in the phaedo

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 85 (1):21–43 (2004)

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Teleology, Causation and the Atlas Motif in Plato's Phaedo.Daniel Vazquez - 2020 - Schole 14 (1):82-103.details In this paper, I propose a new reading of Phaedo 99b6-d2. My main thesis is that in 99c6-9, Socrates does not refer to the teleological αἰτία but to the αἰτία that will be provided by a stronger ‘Atlas’ (99c4-5). This means that the passage offers no evidence that Socrates abandons teleology or modifies his views about it. He acknowledges, instead, that he could not find or learn any αἰτία stronger than the teleological one. This, I suggest, allows an interpretation of (...) Plato and Other Philosophers in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato's Works in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Interpretive Strategies in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Metaphysics in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Philosophy of Science in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download Export citation Bookmark
Causes in Plato’s Phaedo.Michael Wiitala - 2022 - Plato Journal 23:37-50.details As Socrates recounts his search for causes (aitiai) in the Phaedo, he identifies the following as genuine causes: intelligence (nous), seeming best, choice of the best, and the forms. I argue that these causes should be understood as norms prescribing the conditions their effects must meet if those effects are to be produced. Thus, my account both explains what Socrates’ causes are and the way in which they cause what they cause. Plato: Causation in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Forms in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Phaedo in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Plato: Philosophy of Mind, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Direct download (3 more) Export citation Bookmark

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