Μηνιαίο Σεμινάριο Φιλοσοφίας ΚΕΕΦ 2025
Κύκλος Συναντήσεων – Πλάτωνος Πολιτεία Ε-Ζ
ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ
Το Κέντρον Ερεύνης της Ελληνικής Φιλοσοφίας της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών
στο πλαίσιο του Μηνιαίου Σεμιναρίου Φιλοσοφίας
Σας προσκαλεί στην επόμενη διάλεξη του κύκλου συναντήσεων
Πλάτωνος Πολιτεία Ε-Ζ
με ομιλητή τον Βασίλη Καρασμάνη, Ομότιμο Καθηγητή Φιλοσοφίας
στο Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο της Αθήνας,
με θέμα: Dialectic in Plato’s Republic.*
*Ακολουθεί περίληψη.
Η συνάντηση θα πραγματοποιηθεί
την Τετάρτη 1 Οκτωβρίου 2025, 6-8 μμ (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Οι ενδιαφερόμενοι μπορούν να το παρακολουθήσουν διαδικτυακά μέσω της εφαρμογής Zoom.
Οι διοργανωτές: Αλέξανδρος Νεχαμάς, Θανάσης Γκατζάρας, Ξανθίππη Μπουρλογιάννη
Monthly Philosophical Seminar RCGP 2025
Seminar Series – Plato’s Republic V-VII
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens
in the course of the Monthly Philosophical Seminar
invites you to the upcoming lecture of the seminar series
Plato’s Republic V-VII
by Vassilis Karasmanis, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
at the National Technical University of Athens,
on: Dialectic in Plato’s Republic.*
* You may find the abstract below.
The Seminar will take place
on Wednesday 1 October 2025, 6-8pm (Athens GR local time).
Those interested may attend online via Zoom.
The organizers: Alexander Nehamas, Thanassis Gkatzaras, Xanthippe Bourlogianni
Σύνδεσμος Zoom: Zoom Link Plato’s Republic V-VII
Πληροφορίες-Info
xbourloyanni@gmail.com
Abstract
I will argue that the axiomatization of geometry had an impact on Plato’s conception of knowledge and his conception of dialectic. Plato’s dialectic starts from the principles of mathematics and aims to reduce them to the fewest possible, and finally to only one non-hypothetical first principle. Dialectic is a method that employs hypotheses and proceeds in two ways: firstly, a way upwards (or backwards) towards the premises of the argument or towards prior questions. Dialectic proceeds by ‘destroying’ the hypotheses in the sense that it ‘destroys’ their hypothetical character. Secondly, there is a way downwards from the premises (or principles) to the desired conclusion. The upward way is a heuristic process, while the downward one is demonstrative.
The dialectical method is an evolution or improvement of the hypothetical method in the Meno and the Phaedo. I argue that these accounts of Plato’s method reflect the evolution of the reductive method of Hippocrates of Chios (apagoge) into the geometrical method of analysis and synthesis.
Bio
Vassilis Karasmanis is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the National Technical University of Athens, where he specialized in ancient philosophy and science and philosophy of technology. He was Director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi from 1994 to 2004.