Dialogue
- Dialogue / Volume 21 / Issue 04 / December 1982, pp 713-731
- Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1982
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0012217300023866 (About DOI), Published online: 05 May 2010
Articles
The Argument of the Protagoras
William S. Cobba1
a1 College of William and Mary
It is widely assumed that the arguments tendered by Sokrates in the Protagoras involve serious logical fallacies. My contention is that this view is mistaken, and I shall argue that Sokrates makes no significant logical errors in this dialogue. I shall begin with a few general assertions about the dialogue as a dramatic whole, since I believe that a grasp of the general theme and character of the dialogue is essential for understanding the argumentation.
