Belief and truth
Subtitle: a skeptic reading of Plato
By: Katja Maria Vogt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Theory of Knowledge; Skepticism; Belief and doubt; Truth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ).
Table of contents: title: What is ignorance?: Plato on presumed knowledge, wishful thinking, and not understanding your own thoughts; title: Belief and investigation in Plato's Republic; title: Belief and truth in Plato's Theaetetus; title: The nature of disagreement: ancient relativism and skepticism; title: The aims of skeptical investigation; title: Skepticism and concepts: can the skeptic think?; title: Why beliefs are never true: a reconstruction of stoic epistemology; title: Concluding remarks: skepticism and relativism.