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Since scholars have raised the question concerning Plato’s methods, and since understanding his methods is a necessary condition for understanding or reconstructing his thought, the scholarly concern (earlier and recent) with methods used or discussed in his dialogues is not surprising. Further, if this is an exegetical necessity, then central concepts crucial to discussions about causal explanations (as well as widely accepted accounts of these very same concepts) need to be thoroughly reexamined in light of pertinent inquiries, especially those carried out in the last decades.

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I am grateful to Gerasimos Santas and Georgios Anagnostopoulos for critical comments that helped me to clarify and correct some points in my discussion.

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Andriopoulos, D. (2011). Comments on Plato’s Causal Explanation. In: Anagnostopoulos, G. (eds) Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian Studies: Essays in Honor of Gerasimos Santas. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 117. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1730-5_18

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