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With the rejection of the developmentalist position that the Socratic problem can be solved by tracing the evolution of Plato’s doctrines from early through middle to late dialogues, then assigning the term ‘Socratic’ to the early set, a crisis has been reached. If the Socratic problem is to be solved at all, its solution must be found elsewhere than in the philosophical content of the dialogues. A promising remaining possibility is a solution based on the different methods of conducting philosophy employed by Socrates and Plato. The best known such solution, and widely influential, is that of Eric Havelock, followed most recently and vigorously by Havelock’s student, Kevin Robb (1993, 1994).
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Nails, D. (1995). Socrates Oralist, Plato Textualist. In: Agora, Academy, and the Conduct of Philosophy. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0151-6_8
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