Socrates' Simile of the Cave

Socrates has been widely understood as trying to find a master key to the world of Being, which is distinct from the world of appearances. His question is taken to be a request for a universal definition, which holds the key. However, the notions like "the other world" or "the universal definition" are highly mysterious and some philosophical confusions are involved in it. Furthermore, there are many passages in which Socrates himself denies his engagement in any activity of that nature. This is an attempt to describe some formal features of his philosophy with the conceptual tools provided by Wittgenstein.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Park, Dong-Chun

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fields, A. Belden

• Philosophy
• Political Science, General

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9503291

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72152