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Plato's Theaetetus

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9781317440505)electronic bk.(

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Plato's Theaetetus

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Routledge

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2015

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1 online resource )323 page

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Routledge Library Editions: Epistemology

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Series: Routledge Library Editions: Epistemolog

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE AMALGAMATION OF THE THEORIES OF THEAETETUS, PROTAGORAS, AND HERACLEITUS -- The Elements of Protagoreanism and Heracleiteanism )151-155( -- The Heracleitean Theory of Perception )156a-157b( -- Heracleiteanism and the Truth of Perception )157e-160d( -- II. THE REFUTATION OF PROTAGORAS -- Introduction -- The Preliminary Arguments )161c-165e( -- Protagoras' Defense )166a-168c( -- The Refutation and Digression )169d-179c( -- III. THE REFUTATION OF HERACLEITUS -- The Argument Against Flux in the Theaetetus )181-183( -- The Flux Argument in the Cratylus -- Results -- IV. THE REFUTATION OF THE SENSE-PERCEPTION THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE -- V. FALSE BELIEF -- Introduction -- Euthydemus and Sophist -- Cratylus and Theaetetus -- Refutation of the Second Definition of Knowledge )201a-c( -- VI. KNOWLEDGE AS TRUE BELIEF PLUS LOGOS -- Introduction -- The Dream and Its Refutation )201c-206b( -- The Three Subsequent Senses of Logos )206c-210b( -- FOOTNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPH Originally published in 1990. This book discusses in a philosophically responsible and illuminating way the progress of the dialogue and its separate sections to improve our understanding of Plato's work on Theaetetus. An early coverage of this dialogue, this investigation predated a surge in study of Plato's piece which examined Socratic and pre-Socratic thought. The author's argument is that the Theaetetus engages in re-evaluation of earlier doctrines of middle-period Platonism as well as reaffirming theories about knowledge. An important work in Platonic studies and epistemolog

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Knowledge, Theory of

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Plato. Theaetetus

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Cooper, John M.

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English Book