Reading Plato's Dialogues to Enhance Learning and Inquiry

This scholarly volume proposes protreptic as a radically new way of reading Plato's dialogues leading to enhanced student engagement in learning and inquiry.

Autorentext

Mason Marshall is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pepperdine University, US.

Inhalt

Introduction

Chapter 1: A Top-Down Approach: Refining Protreptic through Platonic Thought Experiments

Chapter 2: A Bottom-Up Approach: Reimagining Protreptic by Examining Socrates

Chapter 3: Would the Two Approaches Be Legitimate?

Chapter 4: Would the Two Approaches Be Valuable Enough?

Chapter 5: The Two Approaches in Action

Epilogue