The Development of Dialectic from Plato to Aristotle

Jakob Leth Fink is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for the Aristotelian Tradition in the SAXO Institute of the University of Copenhagen.

• Introduction Jakob Fink; Part I. Dialectic as Interpersonal Activity: 1. Self-refutation and dialectic in Plato and Aristotle Luca Castagnoli; 2. The role of the respondent in Plato and Aristotle Marja-Liisa Kakkuri-Knuuttila; 3. Division as a method in Plato Hallvard Fossheim; Part II. Form and Content in the Philosophical Dialogue: 4. Dialectic and dialogue in the Lysis Morten S. Thaning; 5. The Laches and 'joint search dialectic' Holger Thesleff; 6. The philosophical importance of the dialogue form for Plato Charles H. Kahn; 7. How did Aristotle read a Platonic dialogue? Jakob L. Fink; Part III. Dialectical Methodology: 8. What is behind the ti esti question? Vasilis Politis; 9. Socratic induction in Plato and Aristotle Hayden W. Ausland; 10. Aristotle's definition of elenchus in the light of Plato's Sophist Louis-André Dorion; 11. The Aristotelian elenchus Robert Bolton; 12. Aristotle's gradual turn from dialectic Wolfgang Kullmann.

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