The crane's walk : Plato, pluralism, and the inconstancy of truth / Jeremy Barris.
| Author/creator | Barris, Jeremy |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Fordham University Press, 2009. |
| Description | xi, 359 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Internal and external connections -- Artificiality and nature (sometimes being is something else) -- Knowledge as intervention : difficulties and solutions -- Philosophical rhetoric -- Knowledge as intervention : advantages -- Variegated texture of truth -- Artificiality of rigorous thought and the artificial dimensions of reality -- Risk of rigorous thought -- Mixture and purity -- What Plato is about : an overview -- Charmides : lust, love, and the problem of knowledge -- Republic : justice, knowledge, and the problem of love -- Theaetetus, Sophist, and Statesman : the tragicomedy of knowledge, reality, and responsible conduct -- Unevenly even consistency of truth. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008037467 |
| ISBN | 9780823229130 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0823229130 (cloth : alk. paper) |