Socrates’ Critique of Writing

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Society Pub Date : 2024-02-07 DOI:10.1007/s12115-024-00968-8

David Roochnik

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Abstract

This essay discusses the critique of writing that Socrates presents in Plato’s Phaedrus. It argues that because he conceives of writing as a kind of technology (in Greek, a technê), this passage prefigures many of the conversations now taking place about our own most recent technological advances: the internet, the smartphone, and artificial intelligence.

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苏格拉底的写作批判

本文讨论了苏格拉底在柏拉图的《斐德鲁斯》中对写作的批判。文章认为，由于苏格拉底将写作视为一种技术（希腊语为technê），这段话预示了我们现在就互联网、智能手机和人工智能等最新技术进步所进行的许多对话。

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Society Multiple-

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

11.10%

发文量

132

审稿时长

12 weeks

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