Essays on Plato’s Epistemology /

Through a careful survey of several significant Platonic texts, mainly focussing on the nature of knowledge, Essays on Plato's Epistemology offers the reader a fresh and promising approach to Plato's philosophy as a whole. From the very earliest reception of Plato's philosophy, there...

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Main Author: Trabattoni, Franco (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Ancient and medieval philosophy. 53.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Thought as inner dialogue (Theaet. 189e4-190a6)
  • 2. Logos and doxa : the meaning of the refutation of the third definition of epistêmê in the Theaetetus
  • 3. Theaetetus 200d-201c : truth without certainty
  • 4. Foundationalism or coherentism? On the third definition of epistêmê in the Theaetetus
  • 5. What is the meaning of Plato's Theaetetus? Some remarks on a new annotated translation of the dialogue
  • 6. David Sedley's Theaetetus
  • 7. The "virtuous circle" of language. On the meaning of Plato's Cratylus
  • 8. The knowledge of the philosopher
  • 9. What role do the mathematical sciences play in the metaphor of the line?
  • 10. Socrates' error in the Parmenides
  • 11. On the distinguishing features of Plato's "Metaphysics" (starting from the Parmenides)
  • 12. Is there such a thing as a "Platonic theory of the ideas" according to Aristotle?
  • 13. The unity of virtue, self-predication and the "third man" in Protagoras 329e-332a
  • 14. Plato : philosophy, politics and knowledge. An overview.