Parmenides 'Views On Theaetetus'
Guiding Question:
How does Plato’s view of change and oneness differ from Parmenides’ view of non change and oneness, and how is that played out in the Theaetetus?
Parmenides views change as an illusion, saying that everything is one. Plato combats that by saying there is not a change in nature, but rather a temporal change, which is backed up by how Plato views knowledge, and how we come to an understanding of knowledge.
Plato, (1927). Theaetetus. The Dialogues of Plato (Benjamin Jowett, trans.). New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corp.
This source will be used as a commentary on The Theaetetus. It is both a collection of parts of the dialogue, along with explanations and thoughts on the dialogue.
Plato, (1989). Plato’s Theory of Knowledge. …show more content…
Socrates tries to get Theaetetus to answer the question of what knowledge is, without himself answering the question. The first proposal is that knowledge is perception, which Socrates proceeds to discredit by saying one person can be cold and another hot. Socrates critique both Protagoras, and his relativistic thinking, and Heraclitus, and the idea that everything is always in flux. The second answer to the question of knowledge is that it is true judgment, which Socrates proceeds to disprove, going on to talk about true and false judgment, which is then followed by the definition that is true judgment with an account, which has the same problems as the second definition.
Outline 142-143- Introduction by Eucleides and Terpsion 143-149- Discussion on knowledge vs objects of knowledge 149-150- Disccusion on Socrates being a midwife 151D- knowledge is “perceiving the thing he knows” 151-159- Incorperation of Heraclitus’ theory of flux and Protagoras 160-183- criticism, defense of, and refutation of Protagoras and Heraclitus 183-187- refutation of idea of knowledge being perception 187- Theaetetus- knowledge is “true belief” 187-199- Can you have false judgment? 200-201- true belief by mistake is not knowledge 201- Theaetetus- “knowledge is true belief with an
How does Plato’s view of change and oneness differ from Parmenides’ view of non change and oneness, and how is that played out in the Theaetetus?
Parmenides views change as an illusion, saying that everything is one. Plato combats that by saying there is not a change in nature, but rather a temporal change, which is backed up by how Plato views knowledge, and how we come to an understanding of knowledge.
Plato, (1927). Theaetetus. The Dialogues of Plato (Benjamin Jowett, trans.). New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corp.
This source will be used as a commentary on The Theaetetus. It is both a collection of parts of the dialogue, along with explanations and thoughts on the dialogue.
Plato, (1989). Plato’s Theory of Knowledge. …show more content…
Socrates tries to get Theaetetus to answer the question of what knowledge is, without himself answering the question. The first proposal is that knowledge is perception, which Socrates proceeds to discredit by saying one person can be cold and another hot. Socrates critique both Protagoras, and his relativistic thinking, and Heraclitus, and the idea that everything is always in flux. The second answer to the question of knowledge is that it is true judgment, which Socrates proceeds to disprove, going on to talk about true and false judgment, which is then followed by the definition that is true judgment with an account, which has the same problems as the second definition.
Outline 142-143- Introduction by Eucleides and Terpsion 143-149- Discussion on knowledge vs objects of knowledge 149-150- Disccusion on Socrates being a midwife 151D- knowledge is “perceiving the thing he knows” 151-159- Incorperation of Heraclitus’ theory of flux and Protagoras 160-183- criticism, defense of, and refutation of Protagoras and Heraclitus 183-187- refutation of idea of knowledge being perception 187- Theaetetus- knowledge is “true belief” 187-199- Can you have false judgment? 200-201- true belief by mistake is not knowledge 201- Theaetetus- “knowledge is true belief with an