James Doyle
Research Interests
James Doyle studied philosophy at Cambridge University and the University of Virginia. He is interested in the history of philosophy, especially ancient philosophy, and the philosophy of mind and action.
His published papers include:
- Socratic Methods [pdf, 215.72kb], Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, forthcoming
- On Finkelstein’s Account of the Distinction between Conscious and Unconscious States of Mind [pdf, 162.33kb] in Guenter Abel and James Conant (eds) Rethinking Epistemology (De Gruyter, forthcoming)
- 'Socrates and Gorgias', Phronesis 2010 [pdf, 189.18kb]
- 'The Socratic Elenchus: No Problem', in Jonathan Lear and Alex Oliver (eds) The Force of Argument: Essays in honour of Timothy Smiley (Routledge, 2009) [pdf, 195.72kb]
- ‘Desire, Power and the Good in Plato’s Gorgias’, in S Tenenbaum (ed) Moral Psychology (Rodopi, 2007)
- ‘On the First Eight Lines of Plato's Gorgias’, The Classical Quarterly, December 2006 [pdf, 113.13kb]
- ‘The Fundamental Conflict in Plato's Gorgias’, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, May 2006 [pdf, 168.06kb]
- ‘Socrates and the Oracle’, Ancient Philosophy, Spring 2004
- ‘Moral Rationalism and Moral Commitment’, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, January 2000
Work in progress (comments welcome):
Conspiracy as Allegory in Callicles’ Great Speech [pdf, 180.99kb]
Saying and Showing in Plato’s Gorgias [pdf, 180.58kb]
Bach and Tarkovsky [pdf, 137.30kb]
He is working on a book about Plato's Gorgias.
Contact
Email: J.A.Doyle 'at' bristol.ac.uk
Office hours
Monday: 2.00pm to 3.00pm
Thursday: 10.00am to 11.00am
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