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| Title: | The Ontology of Knowledge and Belief in Republic V |
| Authors: | Scaltsas, Dory |
| Issue Date: | 30-Aug-2007 |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | philosophy
Plato
Fallibility
Republic V
Knowledge
Belief |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1964 |
| Appears in Collections: | Philosophy research publications
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