Platonic epistemology - Wikipedia
In philosophy, Plato's epistemology is a theory of knowledge developed by the Greek philosopher Plato and his followers. Platonic epistemology holds that knowledge of Platonic Ideas is innate, so that learning is the development of ideas buried deep in the soul, often under the midwife-like guidance of an interrogator.
Plato on Knowledge in the Theaetetus - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2005年5月7日 · Plato (c.427–347 BC) has much to say about the nature of knowledge elsewhere. But only the Theaetetus offers a set-piece discussion of the question “What is knowledge?” Like many other Platonic dialogues, the Theaetetus is dominated by question-and-answer exchanges, with Socrates as main questioner.
The Analysis of Knowledge - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2001年2月6日 · According to some theorists, to analyze knowledge is literally to identify the components that make up knowledge—compare a chemist who analyzes a sample to learn its chemical composition.
Plato’s Theaetetus: What is True Knowledge? - TheCollector
2023年1月16日 · In his famous and celebrated dialogue Theaetetus, Plato answers a supposedly simple and straightforward question: “what is knowledge?” What are the main ideas in Plato’s Theaetetus, one of his most influential dialogues?
Plato’s Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology
2003年6月9日 · Since, according to Plato (and Socrates), virtue and happiness require knowledge, e.g., knowledge of goods and evils, Plato's ethics is inseparable from his epistemology. Epistemology is, broadly speaking, the study of what knowledge is and how one comes to have knowledge.
2 Plato’s Theory of Knowledge - Oxford Academic
Several contemporary epistemologists have been intrigued by the discussion of the distinction between knowledge and correct opinion in Plato’s Me.
Ralph Wedgwood, Plato's Theory of Knowledge - PhilArchive
But for Plato, all knowledge, properly speaking, is a priori knowledge of necessary truths – based on recollection of aspects of the Forms – and so in contemporary terms, it meets the conditions of “safety” and “adherence” (or “indefeasibility”) to the highest degree.
The theory of knowledge, or epistemology, is one of the main areas of philosophy. Some of the problems are as old as Plato, yet they remain alive and interesting today. This book is intended to introduce the reader to some of the main problems in epistemology and to …
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2005年12月14日 · Plato’s epistemology was an attempt to understand what it was to know, and how knowledge (unlike mere true opinion) is good for the knower.
7.2 Knowledge - Introduction to Philosophy - OpenStax
Plato, one of the most important of the Greek philosophers, hypothesized that knowledge is justified true belief. Plato’s analysis is known as the traditional account of knowledge. Plato’s definition is that a person S knows proposition P if and …