![]() That is to say, plays, in which various characters sit around or stand around and argue about philosophical positions. Plato is not only one of the greatest philosophers in history, he wrote his philosophy in the form of dialogues. I don’t know how many of you have not read any Plato before, but for those of you who haven’t, I actually think you’re in for a treat. And so although I’ll be saying a great deal about the Phaedo once we turn to it, I want to just take a minute or two and say a couple of introductory remarks. ![]() Starting next week, we’re going to be looking at Plato’s dialogue, the Phaedo. ![]() Now, I’ll come back to that sort of argument in just a minute, but let me bracket that for a moment and say something about Plato. And so we need to appeal to, we need to posit, the existence of, a soul. We can’t explain it in terms of… in purely physical terms. The thought is that there’s something about us that needs explaining. Professor Shelly Kagan: We’ve been talking about the question, “What arguments might be offered for the existence of a soul?” And the family of arguments that we’re considering initially are arguments that get known as inference or inferences to the best explanation. Death PHIL 176 - Lecture 4 - Introduction to Plato's Phaedo Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part IIĬhapter 1.
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