University of California, Santa Cruz PHIL 11
Professor Stone · University of California, Santa Cruz · 11 lectures with notes
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Introduction to Philosophy: Meno, lecture 3
The Meno tests whether virtue is shared knowledge or a hereditary and teachable social status.
Introduction to Philosophy: Meno, lecture 2
Socrates answers Meno’s learning paradox with recollection and argues that knowledge is what makes apparent goods beneficial.
Introduction to Philosophy: Meno, lecture 1
Socrates unsettles Meno’s confidence by demanding one account of virtue, then connects virtue to knowledge of what is good.
Introduction to Philosophy: Apology, lecture 2
Socrates’s teaching may improve individuals yet challenge the civic purposes that define virtue and benefit in Athens.
Introduction to Philosophy: Apology, lecture 1
Socrates’ wisdom lies in recognizing the limits of human knowledge and examining himself and others.
Introduction to Philosophy: Clouds, lecture 2
Aristophanes’ Clouds makes both traditional virtue and sophistic innovation look suspect, leaving justice unresolved.
Introduction to Philosophy: Clouds, lecture 1
The Clouds' comic Socrates is a caricature, while the play's sharper target is the habit of blaming teachers for failures rooted in one's own choices.
Introduction to Philosophy: Euthyphro
Socrates challenges Euthyphro to define piety, revealing the conflict between universal principles and particular loyalties.
Introduction to Philosophy: Ion
Socrates tests whether Ion’s Homeric performances reflect knowledge, artistic skill, or divine inspiration.
Introduction to Philosophy: The Seven Sages, Thales, Anaxagoras
Ancient accounts of the Seven Sages reveal that wisdom can mean cosmic knowledge, practical judgment, or knowing the limits of human understanding.
Introduction to Philosophy: intro lecture
Stone introduces philosophy through Socrates, showing why its questions, arguments, and history resist a simple definition.