Socrates the Expert

Author

Jeremy Samuel Henry

Abstract

I argue that an account of recognizing experts can be drawn from the dialogues of Plato in which Socrates is engaged in the activities he describes in the Apology, that he is an expert in recognizing experts, and that this supports his argument that no one can be an expert in ethics. I also show that his account contains a decision procedure for recognizing experts and a view about the nature of expertise (from which that procedure is derived) that is very plausible for his purpose.

Committee Chair

Eric Brown

Committee Members

Rebecca Copenhaver, Anya Plutynski, Luis Salas, Allan Silverman,

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Author's Department

Philosophy

Author's School

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Document Type

Dissertation

Date of Award

Spring 5-15-2023

Language

English (en)

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7936/c0bc-0s06

Author's ORCID

http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0200-1512

Recommended Citation

Henry, Jeremy Samuel, "Socrates the Expert" (2023). Arts & Sciences Theses and Dissertations. 2856.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.7936/c0bc-0s06