December 2011
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Socrates as Midwife: Knowledge and the Theory of...
In the Theaetetus, Plato invokes the analogy of the midwife in order to describe Socrates’ philosophizing in Athens; however, the analogy reveals as much about Plato’s theory of knowledge as it does about Socrates’ philosophical inquiry. While the midwife aids in childbirth, Socrates claims to be concerned with the labor of the soul and of testing the minds of men. Socrates...
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“Intention” and “Structure”; an Historiographical...
Historians have taken a particular interest in understanding the course of Nazi pre-war foreign policy.[1] Historical debate has primarily been focused on determining whether such policy was guided by a consistent programme or if it was affected by various “structural determinants”. Concurrent debate has centred on Hitler’s role in the course of foreign policy. According to “intentionalist”...