Open Socrates is a 2025 book by American philosopher Agnes Callard.
Summary The book is divided into three parts: "Untimely Questions" (chapters 1–4), "The Socratic Method" (chapters 5–7), and "Socratic Answers" (chapters 8–11)
Part 1: Untimely Questions Chapter 1: "The Tolstoy Problem"
Chapter 2: "Load-Bearing Answers"
Chapter 3: "Savage Commands"
Chapter 4: "Socratic Intellectualism"
Part 2: The Socratic Method Chapter 5: "The Gadfly-Midwife Paradox"
Chapter 6: "Moore's Paradox of Self-Knowledge"
Chapter 7: "Meno's Paradox"
Part 3: Socratic Answers Chapter 8: "Politics: Justice and Liberty"
Chapter 9: "Politics: Equality"
Chapter 10: "Love"
Chapter 11: "Death"
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