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Social gadfly
About: Social gadfly is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 131 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1000 citations.
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17 Feb 1994
TL;DR: In this paper, Brickhouse and Smith cast new light on Plato's early dialogues by providing novel analyses of many of the doctrines and practices for which Socrates is best known, including his moral method, his profession of ignorance, his denial of akrasia, as well as his views about the relationship between virtue and happiness, the authority of the State, and the epistemic status of his daimonion.
Abstract: Socrates, as he is portrayed in Plato's early dialogues, remains one of the most controversial figures in the history of philosophy. This book concerns six of the most vexing and often discussed features of Plato's portrayal: Socrates' methodology, epistemology, psychology, ethics, politics, and religion. Brickhouse and Smith cast new light on Plato's early dialogues by providing novel analyses of many of the doctrines and practices for which Socrates is best known. Included are discussions of Socrates' moral method, his profession of ignorance, his denial of akrasia, as well as his views about the relationship between virtue and happiness, the authority of the State, and the epistemic status of his daimonion. By revealing the many interconnections among Socrates' views on a wide variety of topics, this book demonstrates both the richness and the remarkable coherence of the philosophy of Plato's Socrates.
170 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the lens of voices and silences to frame their review of research in the field of disability and postsecondary education and argue that we need to view research in this field as a necessarily political act that seeks to turn voices of silence into voices of change.
Abstract: In this article, I use the lens of voices and silences to frame my review of research in the field of disability and postsecondary education. I argue that we need to view research in this field as a necessarily political act that seeks to turn voices of silence into voices of change. Researchers therefore need to rethink their role in order to understand how they can use and direct their political voices. In order to persuade researchers to heed my call for more academic activism, adopt the role of a ‘socratic gadfly’ to identify six political areas of research where I argue that voices and silences need more critical examination. In discussing these six areas, I hope to illuminate the implications for ‘genuinely investigative’ research in the future.
57 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a number theory as a "gadfly" for number theory and show that it can be used in number theory with respect to number theory.
Abstract: (1991). Number Theory as Gadfly. The American Mathematical Monthly: Vol. 98, No. 7, pp. 593-610.
56 citations
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26 Jul 2001
TL;DR: Socrates and Rhetoric at the Trial of the Apology as mentioned in this paper : A Tragic Confrontation, a Tragedy, and a Conflict Unresolved, and the Trial Concludes: Socrates Condemned The Corruption Charge Revisited Rejecting an Appeal for Sympathy Proposing a Counterpenalty Truth Fails to Persuade Parting Words to Enemies Parting words to Friends 11.
Abstract: Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: A Tragic Confrontation 2. Setting the Stage for the Trial Preliminaries Historicity of the Apology 3. Socrates and Rhetoric Athens-City of Speech Socrates' Opening Remarks: Dismantling Forensic Rhetoric 4. Socrates Confronts His Old Accusers Socrates and Aristophanes' Clouds Socrates Denies He is a Teacher of Natural Science Socrates Denies He is a Sophist 5. Socrates' Radical Philosophic Mission The Delphic Oracle Socrates Examines the Politicians, Poets, and Craftsmen The Mask of Ignorance Solving the Riddle of the Oracle 6. The Athenian Polis Ideal The Funeral Oration of Pericles: Apotheosis of the Polis Homeric Shame Culture Democracy Appropriates Homer The Polis and the Individual 7. Socrates Confronts His Present Accusers: The Interrogation of Meletus Corrupting the Young The Polis as Teacher Athenian Polis Religion Socrates and Impiety 8. Socrates Brings the Philosophic Mission into the Court Death Bears No Sting Caring for One's Soul Stepping Up the Offense The Gadfly 9. The Politics of an Unpolitical Man A Private Rather than a Public Station Socrates' Divine Voice Defender of Justice 10. The Trial Concludes: Socrates Condemned The Corruption Charge Revisited Rejecting an Appeal for Sympathy Proposing a Counterpenalty Truth Fails to Persuade Parting Words to Enemies Parting Words to Friends 11. Socrates and Civil Disobedience: The Crito Socrates and Antigone Socrates Dismisses the Shame Culture Justice and the Soul Socrates Argues for the Laws The Skillful Ironist Fulfilling the Will of a Benevolent God 12. Conclusion: A Conflict Unresolved Notes Selected Bibliography Index
56 citations
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1 Jan 1991
TL;DR: The paradox of British democracy Asquith's ghost revolution averted varieties of reform the politics of deprivation as mentioned in this paper, and the apotheosis of Labourism Hugh Dalton -the progressive as bounder Sir Stafford Gripps - the progressive as moralist Herbert Morrison Aneurin Bevan the progressive in socialist Hugh Gaitskell - the Social Democrat as hero Richard Crossman - the Progressive as gadfly the tortoise and the hare Harold Wilson - alibi for a party Tony Crosland - the conservative loyalist David Owen.
Abstract: The paradox of British democracy Asquith's ghost revolution averted varieties of reform the politics of deprivation. Part 2 Ernest Bevin and the apotheosis of Labourism Hugh Dalton - the progressive as bounder Sir Stafford Gripps - the progressive as moralist Herbert Morrison Aneurin Bevan the progressive as socialist Hugh Gaitskell - the Social Democrat as hero Richard Crossman - the progressive as gadfly the tortoise and the hare Harold Wilson - alibi for a party Tony Crosland - the progressive loyalist David Owen. Part 3 Labourism resurgent revisionism revisited towards a new progressive coalition.
39 citations
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