The Ontology of Knowledge and Belief in Republic V

Theodore Scaltsas

Research output: Working paper

Abstract

In Republic V, Plato makes the astonishing claim that knowledge is a different and independent power from belief, in the way, for example, that sight differs from hearing. I will argue that this is a fundamentally different conception of knowledge than the, also Platonic, conception of knowledge as 'true belief with an account'. I examine the reasons why Plato holds this position, and the ontology and epistemology which sustain its claims
Original languageEnglish
PublisherEdinburgh Research Archive
Number of pages21
Publication statusPublished - 30 Aug 2007

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