THE MENO AND THE SECOND PROBLEM OF GEOMETRY AT 86e

BAĞÇE S.

PHILOSOPHIA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, cilt.17, sa.1, ss.45-68, 2016 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: PHILOSOPHIA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.45-68
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this paper is two-fold: firstly, to argue for the claim that the two problems of geometry presented in the Meno seem to be connected to each other, and secondly, to offer, in connection with the first claim, a conjecture concerning the nature of the second problem of geometry brought up in the dialogue at 86e. This paper offers, in particular, a historical reconstruction of how we should understand this problem of construction in geometry.