Category Archives: Socratic Method

Thirteen Keys to the Whitehouse

Posted on July 25, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Can a scientific value be given to the subject of the Thirteen Keys to the Whitehouse? Socrates: The Thirteen Keys to the White House is a prediction model created by Allan Lichtman and Vladimir Keilis-Borok. It uses a series … Continue reading →

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Connection Between the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation

Posted on July 7, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: What is the connection between the Federalist Society and the Heritage foundation? Socrates: Ah, the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation share common ground in their conservative and libertarian ideals, yet they serve distinct functions within the broader movement. … Continue reading →

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Reason Against Unjust Beliefs

Posted on December 16, 2023 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Does Socrates and Platonism advance totalitarianism states? Socrates: Ah, my dear interlocutor, the pursuit of wisdom and virtue is the essence of my philosophy. Totalitarianism, with its emphasis on control and power, goes against the ideals of justice and … Continue reading →

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Where is Our Starting Point?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by PlatoHagel

“The end he (the artist) strives for is something else than a perfectly executed print. His aim is to depict dreams, ideas, or problems in such a way that other people can observe and consider them.” – M.C. Escher The … Continue reading →

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First Alcibiades

Posted on May 21, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Papyrus fragment of Alcibiades I, section 131.c-e. The First Alcibiades or Alcibiades I (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ) is a dialogue featuring Alcibiades in conversation with Socrates. It is ascribed to Plato, although scholars are divided on the question of its … Continue reading →

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Justified true belief

Posted on April 2, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Before Gettier, an historical account brings one up to date? Euler diagram representing a definition of knowledge. Justified true belief is one definition of knowledge that states in order to know that a given proposition is true, one must not … Continue reading →

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"Let no one ignorant of geometry enter"

Posted on September 23, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Plato’s Motto The scho­liast on Aelius Aris­tides 125.14 (Din­dorf, Vol. 3) says the fol­low­ing: ἐπεγέγραπτο ἔμπροσθεν τῆς διατριβῆς τοῦ Πλάτωνος ὅτι ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄνισος καὶ ἄδικος. ἡ γὰρ γεωμετρία τὴν ἰσότητα καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην τηρεῖ. ‘In front … Continue reading →

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Setting Time Aright

Posted on September 1, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it. — Albert Einstein While Event has since past, I hope the lecture itself will remain in public domain. It helps so as to see … Continue reading →

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Utopia

Posted on September 6, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Woodcut by Ambrosius Holbein for a 1518 edition of Utopia. The lower left-hand corner shows the traveler Raphael Hythlodaeus, describing the island. Utopia (pronounced /juːˈtoʊpiə/) is a name for an ideal community or society possessing a seemingly perfect socio–politico–legal system.[1] … Continue reading →

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Stargazers and Hill Climbers

Posted on February 13, 2009 by PlatoHagel

AS with Einstein, who was Socrates daemon?:) In Plato’s Apology of Socrates, Socrates claimed to have a daimonion (literally, a “divine something”)[6] that frequently warned him – in the form of a “voice” – against mistakes but never told him … Continue reading →

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