An Interpretation of the Deep Disagreement between Plato and Protagoras from the Perspective of Contemporary Meta-Ethics and Political Epistemology

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dc.authoridKnoll, Manuel/0000-0002-0651-1915
dc.contributor.authorKnoll, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-20T08:42:13Z
dc.date.available2025-02-20T08:42:13Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentTürk-Alman Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractSince the early 20th century, two new disciplines emerged in the tradition of analytic philosophy: meta-ethics and political epistemology. Nevertheless, debates on such questions go back to the ancient Greeks and, in particular, to the debates between Plato and Protagoras. This article elucidates the controversy between Plato and the influential sophist Protagoras from the perspective of contemporary meta-ethics and political epistemology. It argues that the main motivation of Plato's philosophical endeavors is to overcome Protagoras's skeptical claims that no moral facts and no moral knowledge applicable to political issues exist. The paper defends the thesis that there exists a deep disagreement between Protagoras and Plato on the existence of moral facts and moral knowledge. A deep disagreement is a disagreement that cannot be resolved through the use of reasons and arguments. Applying the foundationalist approach Robert J. Fogelin proposes in his seminal paper The Logic of Deep Disagreements, this article argues that the deep disagreement between Protagoras and Plato exists because their political thought is based on underlying principles that clash. While Plato's political philosophy rests on his religious and theological convictions, the political thought of Protagoras is based on his skepticism, relativism, and agnosticism.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/philosophies8050090
dc.identifier.issn2409-9287
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85175256877
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies8050090
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12846/1569
dc.identifier.volume8en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001089726300001
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorKnoll, Manuel
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMdpi
dc.relation.ispartofPhilosophies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250220
dc.subjectmoral disagreementsen_US
dc.subjectethical realismen_US
dc.subjectanti-realismen_US
dc.subjectrelativismen_US
dc.subjectcognitivismen_US
dc.subjectskepticismen_US
dc.subjectmoral knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectmoral factsen_US
dc.subjectphilosophical theologyen_US
dc.subjectagnosticismen_US
dc.titleAn Interpretation of the Deep Disagreement between Plato and Protagoras from the Perspective of Contemporary Meta-Ethics and Political Epistemology
dc.typeArticle

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