Belief and truth : a skeptic reading of Plato / Katja Maria Vogt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogt, Katja Maria, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Skepticism.

Belief and doubt.

Truth.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 209 pages)

Other Title:

Skeptic reading of Plato

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Belief and Truth' explores a Socratic intuition about belief doxa - belief is 'shameful.' In aiming for knowledge, one must aim to get rid of beliefs. Vogt shows how deeply this proposal differs from contemporary views, but that it nevertheless speaks to intuitions we are likely to share with Plato, ancient skeptics, and Stoic epistemologists.

Contents:

What is ignorance?: Plato on presumed knowledge, wishful thinking, and not understanding your own thoughts

Belief and investigation in Plato's Republic

Belief and truth in Plato's Theaetetus

The nature of disagreement: ancient relativism and skepticism

The aims of skeptical investigation

Skepticism and concepts: can the skeptic think?

Why beliefs are never true: a reconstruction of stoic epistemology

Concluding remarks: skepticism and relativism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version