Plato's Theaetetus / David Bostock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bostock, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato. Theaetetus.

Plato.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 285 pages)

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1991.

Summary:

This sustained philosophical analysis and critique of the "Theaetetus" attempts to provide a detailed examination of Plato's arguments on the nature of knowledge and the issues raised. It examines rival interpretations of the text and compares the "Theaetetus" to Plato's other works.

Contents:

Introduction

Chronology ; General ; The Theaetetus and the Sophist

Background: knowledge and the forms ; The Meno and recollection ; Forms as paradigms ; Forms as universals ; Forms and knowledge in the Timaeus

The question 'what is knowledge?' (143d-151d).

Part A : Knowledge and perception. The theory that perception is knowledge ; Theaetetus and Protagoras (151e-152c) ; Protagoras and Heraclitus (152d-153d) ; A priori considerations ; First statement: 153d-154b ; Second statement: 155e-157c ; Third statement: 157e-160a ; Final statement: 160a-e

The refutation of the theory ; The refutation of Protagoras (161a-179c) ; The refutation of Heraclitus (181c-183b) ; The refutation of Theaetetus (184b-186e) ; Perception and its objects ; Grasping the 'common things' ; The final argument (186c7-e12) ; The 'orthodox' interpretation ; Cooper's interpretation ;Mcdowell's interpretation.

Part B : Knowledge and belief. False belief ; First puzzle: knowing what one is thinking of (187e-188c) ; Second puzzle: believing what is not (188d-189b) ; Return to the first puzzle: 'other-judging' (189c-191a) ; First solution: the wax tablet (191a-196c) ; Second solution: the aviary (196c-200c) ; Discussion ; Transition: knowledge as requiring an account (200e-201c)

True belief with an account ; The theory of Socrates' dream (201c-202d) ; The refutation of Socrates' dream (202e-206c) ; Three ways of taking 'an account' (206c-210a) ; Lines of interpretation ; Cornford's interpretation ; Fine's interpretation ; White's interpretation

Evaluation ; The coherence of the Theaetetus ; Resolution of Plato's problem.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-280-80910-8

9786610809103

OCLC:

1027201757