Philosophical & Ethical Issues in the Mass Media
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Plato Gorgias - Duran's Chapter Titles
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Below are the names of the titles that Claudio Duran has given to the chapters into which he has divided the Gorgias reading. Page numbers refer to the original text.

CHAPTERS IN PART ONE OF THE GORGIAS
1) Dialogue vs. Exposition as Ways of Learning p. 3-6
2) Gorgias’ Definition of Rhetoric According to Socrates’ Logical Criteria p. 6-12
3) First Critical Examination of Gorgias’ Definition p. 12-16
4) Methodological Interlude: Necessity of Rational Commitment to Dialogue p. 16-18
5) Second Critical Examination of Gorgias’ Definition p. 18-21
6) Methodological Interlude: Insistence on Rational Commitment to Dialogue p. 21-22
7) Human, Social and Ethical Well-Being (euexia) are Based on Technes p. 22-27


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AP/ADMS 4295 6.0 Philosophical and Ethical Issues in the Mass Media
York University, Toronto
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