Is Platoâs Theaetetus an Exercise in Epistemology? A Granite Epitaph Erected Also on the Strength of the Parmenides

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The paper argues, against Paul Natorp, Richard Robinson, John Cooper and Myles Burnyeat (among others), that it is mistaken to suppose that Plato intends the question in the Theaetetus, âWhat is knowledge?â, to be distinguished from, and to be set against, questions in metaphysics. By relying on Parmenides 132b8âc8, and how, in the remainder of that dialogue, Plato takes up the claim of that passage, I show that Plato defends the following view: We cannot consider a noÄma (a thought) without immediately considering its proper nooumenon (its object) and asking whether this is a unitary object, a hen. The upshot of this paper is of a piece with the view that, if it means anything to speak of Platoâs metaphysics, it is to speak of the investigations in Plato revolving around ti esti questions â which shows that the Theaetetus, which investigates the ti esti of epistÄmÄ, is an investigation in metaphysics.

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New Explorations in Plato's Theaetetus

Belief, Knowledge, Ontology, Reception

ä¸ç¼ï¼ Brill's Plato Studies Series, å·ï¼ 10

Cover New Explorations in Plato's <i>Theaetetus</i>

ISBN:: 9789004516014

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å°å·åºçæ¥æ:: 13 May 2022

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- Classical Studies
  - Ancient Philosophy
- Philosophy

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Section 1 The Theaetetus and Plato

Section 2 Relativism between Ontology and Epistemology

Section 3 Maieutics, Sophistry, Philosophy

Section 4 Images of the Cognitive Soul

Section 5 Belief, Knowledge, Ontology

Section 6 The Theaetetus beyond Plato

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Chapter 3 Is Platoâs Theaetetus an Exercise in Epistemology? A Granite Epitaph Erected Also on the Strength of the Parmenides

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