The problems with the elenchus method?

xngrylafxrra
timer Asked: Oct 27th, 2017

Question Description

  1. In trying to use the elenchus method to explore possible answers to the question “What is justice?”, Socrates runs into two kinds of difficulties. One of them is a difficulty that was first noticed in the Meno dialogue. That problem was this: in order to use the elenchus method to discover the answer to such a question, the method must offer a way to decide which of two final answers is correct, and this is not something the elenchus method can provide. Why? The other problem with using the elenchus method to explore answers to “What is F?” questions is vividly displayed toward the last part of Book I of the Republic. What was that other problem that makes this method incapable of providing a means for coming to an answer?

I need a 12 sentence answer with no citations.

User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.

This question has not been answered.

Create a free account to get help with this and any other question!

Similar Content

Related Tags

Brown University





1271 Tutors

California Institute of Technology




2131 Tutors

Carnegie Mellon University




982 Tutors

Columbia University





1256 Tutors

Dartmouth University





2113 Tutors

Emory University





2279 Tutors

Harvard University





599 Tutors

Massachusetts Institute of Technology



2319 Tutors

New York University





1645 Tutors

Notre Dam University





1911 Tutors

Oklahoma University





2122 Tutors

Pennsylvania State University





932 Tutors

Princeton University





1211 Tutors

Stanford University





983 Tutors

University of California





1282 Tutors

Oxford University





123 Tutors

Yale University





2325 Tutors