Essays on Plato's epistemology /

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Author / Creator:	Trabattoni, Franco, author.
Imprint:	Leuven (Belgium) : Leuven University Press, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Ancient and medieval philosophy. Series I ; 53 Ancient and medieval philosophy. Series 1 ; 53.
Subject:	Plato. Plato. Knowledge, Theory of. Knowledge, Theory of.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11406287

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ISBN:	9789461661951 9461661959 9789462700598 9462700591
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Through a careful survey of several significant Platonic texts, mainly focussing on the nature of knowledge, Essays on Plato's Epistemology offers the reader a fresh and promising approach to Plato's philosophy as a whole. From the very earliest reception of Plato's philosophy, there has been a conflict between a dogmatic and a sceptical interpretation of his work and thought. Moreover, the two sides are often associated, respectively, with a metaphysical and an anti-metaphysical approach. This book, continuing a line of thought that is nowadays strongly present in the secondary literature -- and also followed by the author in over thirty years of research -- maintains that a third way of thinking is required. Against the widespread view that an anti-dogmatic philosophy must go together with an anti-metaphysical stance, Trabattoni shows that for Plato, on the contrary, a sober and reasonable assessment of both the powers and limits of human reason relies on a proper metaphysical outlook.
Other form:	Print version: Trabattoni, Franco. Essays on plato's epistemology. [Place of publication not identified] : Leuven University Press, 2016 9462700591

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Thought as inner dialogue (Theaet. 189e4-190a6)
2. Logos and doxa : the meaning of the refutation of the third definition of epistêmê in the Theaetetus
3. Theaetetus 200d-201c : truth without certainty
4. Foundationalism or coherentism? On the third definition of epistêmê in the Theaetetus
5. What is the meaning of Plato's Theaetetus? Some remarks on a new annotated translation of the dialogue
6. David Sedley's Theaetetus
7. The "virtuous circle" of language. On the meaning of Plato's Cratylus
8. The knowledge of the philosopher
9. What role do the mathematical sciences play in the metaphor of the line?
10. Socrates' error in the Parmenides
11. On the distinguishing features of Plato's "Metaphysics" (starting from the Parmenides)
12. Is there such a thing as a "Platonic theory of the ideas" according to Aristotle?
13. The unity of virtue, self-predication and the "third man" in Protagoras 329e-332a
14. Plato : philosophy, politics and knowledge. An overview.

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