Plato on False Pains and False Pleasures
Plato on False Pains and False Pleasures
Date
2003
Authors
Couvalis, Spyridon George
Usher, Matthew L
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek
Abstract
A commonsense view about pains and pleasures is that they are mere sensations. Perceiving pains as painful and pleasures as pleasant does not involve beliefs about the world. Plato argues for the bizarre claim that what makes pleasures pleasant and pains painful are beliefs.
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Keywords
Greek Research,
Australia,
Language,
Greece,
Conference,
George Couvalis,
Matthew Usher
Citation
Couvalis, George and Usher, Matthew 2003. Plato on False Pains and False Pleasures. In E. Close, M. Tsianikas and G. Frazis (Eds.) “Greek Research in Australia: Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Conference of Greek Studies, Flinders University, September 2001”. Flinders University Department of Languages – Modern Greek: Adelaide, 1-12.