A Socratic Seduction: Philosophical Prot
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Rider, Benjamin A.
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Article
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2011
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
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English
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In Plato's Lysis, Socrates' conversation with Lysis (207d-11c) features logical fallacies and questionable premises and closes with a blatantly eristic trick. I show how the form and content of these arguments make sense if we interpret them from the perspective of Socrates' pedagogical goals. Lysis