

What is philosophical dialogue?
pp. 41-59
in: Barry Stocker, Michael Mack (eds), The Palgrave handbook of philosophy and literature, Berlin, Springer, 2018Abstract
Through a close reading of a number of Platonic dialogues—namely, the Cratylus, the Gorgias, the Theaetetus, and the Apology—this chapter sheds light upon the event of philosophical dialogue, as well as upon the literary genre that shares its name.