Platon’un Phaidon’unda Hakiki Filozofların Faaliyeti

Yıl 2019, Sayı: 15, 15 - 36, 28.06.2019

Tonguç Seferoğlu

Öz

Platon’un filozoflarnın pratiği üzerine
düşünceleri Batı’daki felsefe yapma biçimini oldukça etkilemiştir. Antik ve
modern pek çok bilim insanı Platon’un felsefe anlayışını araştırmıştır. Bu
makale Platon için doğru felsefe yapma biçiminin ne olduğunun anlaşılmasına
dair bir başka girişimdir. Bu amaçla, Platon’un meta-felsefesi üzerine yapılmış
çalışmalara katkı sağlamak için Platon’un Phaidon diyaloğunu inceleyeceğim. Bu
çalışma temelde şunları tespit eder: Hakiki filozofların bedene ve bedensel
zevklere dair tavrı ile beraber ruha verdikleri değer pnları diğer bilge
insanlardan ayırır ve hakiki filozoflar insan bilme yetisinin ve epistemik
erişimin sınırlarının farkındadırlar. Bu bağlamda, filozoflarının pratiği
insani bilginin değerini ve bu tarz bilgininin tam olamayacağını
kabullenmeleriyle kısmen şekillenmistir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Platon, Phaidon, bedensel zevkler, hakiki filozoflar, ruhun değeri

The Practice of True Philosophers in Plato’s Phaedo

Öz

Plato’s ideas on the practice of
philosophers had highly influenced the way of doing philosophy in the West. Many
scholars, ancient and modern alike, have explored Plato’s conception of
philosophy. This article is yet another attempt to understand the correct
manner of doing philosophy for Plato. To this end, I examine Plato’s Phaedo to contribute the growing body of literature on Plato’s metaphilosophy. This study
fund identifies that the attitude of true philosophers towards body and its
pleasures together with their care of the soul separate them from other wise humans,
and that true philosophers are aware of the limits of human cognition and
epistemic access. I conclude that the practice of philosophers is partly shaped
by their recognition of the value of human knowledge and the deficiencies of
this sort of knowledge. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Plato, Phaedo, bodily pleasures, true philosophers, the care of the soul

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