The Socratic fallacy undone

British Journal for the History of Philosophy 27 (6):1071-1091 (2019)
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ABSTRACTThe Socratic fallacy is the supposed mistake of inferring that somebody does not know any instances or attributes of a universal because of their inability to give a satisfactory definition...

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Dylan Futter
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Socrates’ wisdom in definition.Dylan B. Futter - 2019 - South African Journal of Philosophy 38 (4):383-391.

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