Peritrope — The Peritrope is Socrates argument against Protagoras view of relative truth, as presented in Plato s book known as Theatetus (169–171e). The name comes from the ancient Greek for turning around . Sextus Empiricus is attributed with coining the… … Wikipedia
Peritropè — Eine Peritropè bezeichnet einen Sachverhalt, in der eine Behauptung aufgestellt wird, deren Widerlegung paradoxerweise die Behauptung selbst wieder untermauert. Ein Beispiel findet man in der Behauptung Mindestens eine Behauptung ist wahr .… … Deutsch Wikipedia
peritrope — The turning of the tables, whereby Plato (Theaetetus, 171 a) opposes the relativism of Protagoras . Protagoras holds the doctrine that whatever seems true for a person is true for them; hence he must accept that those who believe that the… … Philosophy dictionary
péritrope — (pé ri tro p ) adj. Terme de botanique. Qui se dirige de l axe du fruit vers les côtés du péricarpe. Graines péritropes. ÉTYMOLOGIE Péri 3..., et du grec, tourner … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
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Divine command theory — This article is about the meta ethical theory. For the divine command theory of happiness, see Positive psychology. Divine command theory is the meta ethical view about the semantics or meaning of ethical sentences, which claims that ethical… … Wikipedia
List of topics in ancient philosophy — * Abderites * Academy * Acumenus * Aenesidemus * Aeschines Socraticus * Aetius (philosopher) * Albinus (philosopher) * Alcmaeon of Croton * Alexander of Aphrodisias * Allegory of the cave * Analogy of the divided line * Anaxagoras * Anaximenes of … Wikipedia
Ishmael effect — The claimed ability of some philosophical theory to escape from the fate to which it condemns all other discourse. The effect is named by the modern Australian philosopher D. C. Stove, after Ishmael s epilogue to Moby Dick : ‘and I only am… … Philosophy dictionary
Protagoras of Abdera — (c. 490– c. 420 BC) The most successful of the Sophists, whose independent importance is attested by Plato, Aristotle, and Sextus Empiricus . He taught virtue (aretē ) in Athens, was a friend of Pericles, and was employed to draw up the code of… … Philosophy dictionary
