Teeteto by Plato
In this Socratic dialogue an older philosopher examines with a young mathematician what it means to know something, testing proposals that knowledge is merely perception, that it is true belief, and that it is true belief accompanied by an account (logos). Through questioning and examples — including discussion of relativistic claims about perception and the problem of false judgment — each definition is analyzed and shown to have serious difficulties. The investigation clarifies important distinctions between sensation, opinion, and justified belief, exposes puzzles about how we can explain or articulate knowledge, and ultimately ends in an aporetic conclusion: illuminating the problems without settling on a final definition.
- Published
- -369
- Nationality
- Greek
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 80-120
- Original Language
- Ancient greek (attic greek)
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- Alternate Titles
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- Teeteto
- Theaetetus
- Theætetus
- Θεαίτητος
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