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In the Philebus, Plato revisits many of the central topics of other dialogues - in particular, the natures of pleasure and knowledge and their respective roles in the good life, as well as methodological and metaphysical questions. But treatment of these topics in the Philebus is in many ways surprisingly different from more familiar Platonic treatments - among other things, Socrates argues that the good in human life is not knowledge, and it is not clear whether or how Forms fit into the metaphysics we find. Much of the scholarly literature on the Philebus focuses on its account of pleasure; by contrast, while we will engage deeply with the account of pleasure, in this course our focus will be broader, and we will pay special attention to what is said about knowledge and methodology. Though discussion will be primarily in English, Beiträge auf Deutsch in Wort und Schrift sind sehr willkommen. No Greek is required, but rudimentary familiarity with Plato will be presupposed. The moodle enrolment key is <unmixed>. |
