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2018-07-16 NSPRM - Plato - Parmenides (hyp1: 137c-d) - Argument One: How is He Reasoning?

Dialogue(s): parmenides Chapters: hyp1 Sections: 137c-d (P1-8) Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, Regina, JulieH, Eldar, JeffS Synopsis With Pierre's help, our morning Parmenides study group works back again through the first 'argument' of the 1st hypothesis. THis is just 'paragraphs' P1-P8. Pierre asks us to reflect on what an argument is, and what a conclusion is (see diagram). We discuss (sometimes quite intensely) what the problems are and what Parmenides might be trying to do. JeffS in particular is quite dissatisfied with it, until, near the end, he thinks he sees what Parm. may be doing. Technical Issues Fortunately I used 2 recorders, today. My Zoom H2N (which doesn't do as good a job at isolating voice, but is a more pleasant sound to listen to) crapped out (batteries) at about 1:46:00 here on the tape, at which point I spliced in the recording from my Sony IC Recorder ICD-UX533 (with a 4-second fade in/out tradeoff between them). You'll notice the difference in sound quality decreasing (more muffled, less fidelity), but improved voice recognition. Also, the 2nd segment (the Sony) is a tad louder, though I tried to compensate for it when mixing/rendering in Audacity. More

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