Belief and truth : a skeptic reading of Plato
Vogt, Katja MariaAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
'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.
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'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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Plato.
Knowledge, Theory of
Skepticism
Belief and doubt
Truth
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy