Critical Analysis of Arguments 434 D – 441 C of the Republic IV (pages 1066 to 1073 of Plato’s Complete Works)
At 434 D – 441 C the Republic IV (pages 1066 to 1073 of Plato’s Complete Works), Plato has Socrates give a set of arguments which taken together are supposed to show that the soul has three distinct parts. You are to analyze all of these arguments, and then critically examine one or more of them. HINTS: 1. As in the first assignment, remember that you can’t examine an argument critically until you know precisely what the argument is, and how it is supposed to work. To do this you will have to separate and identify (in this order) its conclusion, all of its premises (both expressed or implicit), and whatever intermediate steps are needed to show how the premises are intended to lead to the conclusion. 2. To critically examine an argument (once you know what it is) is to test it for soundness, and that breaks down into two critical questions: Is it valid? Are any of its premises open to attack? 3. Notice that we are not requiring you to critically examine all of Plato’s arguments in this passage. You decide where you think he is most vulnerable to attack, and then argue forcefully for your position.
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