Program Overview

Selected Topics (PHIL*6930)

Course Details

The course code for Selected Topics is PHIL*6930, and it was offered in the Fall 2016 term.

Course Description

The Theaetetus, Sophist, and Statesman are among Plato's most important dialogues both individually and as a group. For example, the Theaetetus is the first discussion of knowledge as justified true belief; the Sophist explores the possibility of falsity and the concept of Being; and the Statesman introduces the concept of the golden mean. As a group, the dialogues follow the Parmenides, in which a very young Socrates explains his theory of forms to Parmenides, who apparently demolishes it with a series of refutations. The significance of this, and the way the trilogy responds to it, is a major issue for understanding Plato's philosophy as a whole. The course will examine the three dialogues through a mixture of lectures and seminars.

Cross-Listing

This course will be cross-listed with PHIL*4400 for F16.

Departments and Schools

• School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing
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• School of Fine Art and Music
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• School of Languages and Literatures
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• Department of History
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• Department of Philosophy
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• Interdisciplinary Programs
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Centres, Institutes and Labs

• Centre for Scottish Studies
• Grounded and Engaged Theory Lab (GET)
• Interdisciplinary Design Lab
• The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
• The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration Lab (THINC)
• The School of Fine Art & Music Print Study Collection