Levels of argument

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Levels of Argument: A Comparative Study of Plato´s Republic and Aristotle´s Nicomachean Ethics
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
Part I: Plato´s Republic
	1: The Shorter Route in Republic II-IV
		Introduction
		1. The Methods of the Shorter Route
			(a) The state-soul parallel and the use of hypothesis
			(b) The `functional method´
			(c) The return to the individual in book IV
				[i] The Use of Hypotheses
				[ii] The `Vulgar Tests´
			(d) The use of analogy: justice and health (444c-e)
		2. The Appeal to Observation
		3. Metaphysics and the Shorter Route
	2: The Adequacy of the Shorter Route
		Introduction
		1. The Metaphysical Solution: Invoking Books V-VII
		2. The Psychological Solution
		3. A Third Approach
			(a) Nurture
			(b) Nature
			(c) The provisional nature of the argument
		Conclusion
	3: The Longer Route
		Introduction
		1. Rep. VI-VII on the Longer and Shorter Routes
			(a) VI 504a-506b: a problem with the back reference to book IV
			(b) Further differences of context?
			(c) The priority of the Good
			(d) The longer route in book VII
			(e) The longer and shorter routes compared
				[i]Detail
				[ii]The Use of Hypotheses
				[iii]The Role of Perception
				[iv]Breadth
				[v] Dialectical Prowess
		2. The Middle Route: A Hybrid?
			(a) Rational reconstruction
			(b) VI 485a-487a: the qualities of the philosopher
	4: The Role of Metaphysics in Republic VIII-IX
		Introduction
		1. The First Argument: VIII 543c to IX 580c
			(a) The four degenerate characters
			(b) Analysis of the argument
			(c) The empirical character of the argument
		2. The Two Hedonic Arguments
			(a) The first hedonic argument (580d-583b)
			(b) The second hedonic argument (583b-588a)
		3. The Concluding Argument (588b-592b)
	5: The Cave Allegory and the Structure of the Republic
		Introduction
		1. Locating the Shorter Route outside the Cave
		2. Locating the Shorter Route inside the Cave
			(a) C2 as illustrating the shorter route
			(b) The problem of the cave and the line (redux)
		3. Is Moral Inquiry Excluded within the Cave?
		Conclusion
Part II: Aristotle´s Nicomachean Ethics
	6: Political Science and the Longer Route
		Introduction
		1. The Nature of the Inquiry: The NE as Political Science
			(a) The argument of NE I 2
			(b) The NE as a species of political science: the evidence of VI 8
			(c) Legislative science in NE X 9
		2. Aristotle and the Longer Route
	7: The Limits of Precision
		Introduction
		1. Precision and the Fluctuation of Practical Situations
		2. NE I 6 and I 13: Avoiding Theoretical Precision
		3. Limiting the Pursuit of Theoretical Precision in NE X
			(a) NE X 8
			(b) NE X 4
		4. Comments Following the Initial Sketch of the Good (NE I 7)
		Conclusion
	8: Explanation in NE I 4 and 7
		Introduction
		1. NE I 4: The Race Course Analogy
		2. NE I 7 on the Role of Explanation
			(a) Limiting the role of explanation?
			(b) What are the principles of political science?
			(c) How are principles attained?
			(d) The nature of Aristotle´s project: definition and clarification
		Conclusion
	9: Aristotle and the Race Course
		Introduction
		1. Moving towards the Turning Post in the NE: Defining the Principles
		2. The Downward Journey
			(a) The role of explanation within the NE
			(b) Looking beyond the NE
		3. The Politics and the NE
	10: The `Endoxic Method´
		Introduction
		1. What is `the Endoxic Method´ (TEM)?
		2. NE I 4-8
		3. A Further Application of TEM in NE I 8-11
		4. Friendship in NE VIII-IX
		5. Other Passages in the NE
		Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index