his friend Meno‚ about the mysteries of life. Together the two talked about many things such as what is virtue‚ what is just‚ and how to come to know if something is true. Furthermore‚ in this conversation Socrates does a very good job in explaining to Meno that knowledge holds more value than true opinion. I agree with and believe that Socrates was correct in his assessment of knowledge vs. true opinion.
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Edmund Gettier challenged the classical analysis of knowledge as justified true belief‚ demonstrating two cases where a true and justified belief is held‚ but not necessarily knowledge - Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (1963). Showing that justification is insufficient for demarcating mere true beliefs from knowledge as belief and truth can correlate by luck. In what follows‚ section-one will outline the classical analysis of knowledge and Gettier’s challenge to it‚ focusing on Gettier’s first
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of Plato. These two characters are Meno and Socrates‚ from the dialogues Meno and Apology. Meno is Thessalian general that had the main goal in life to get rich and have power. He did not care about anyone else besides himself‚ and could not take anyone seriously (Xenophon). Socrates on the other hand was a Greek philosopher that was put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens‚ was accused of being a Sophists‚ and genuinely wanted to know truth and knowledge because it leads to a happy
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Throughout Plantinga’s Evolution and True Belief‚ Plantinga analyzes why many assume that the purpose of cognitive abilities is to provide us with true beliefs. He asserts that among many fields of cognitive efforts there is mass disagreement surrounding the principles of philosophy as well as‚ religion. Specifically‚ he argues that naturalistic evolution is presumably self defeating due to the reliability of our cognitive abilities. In this paper‚ I shall present Plantinga’s argument for this conclusion
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Quinn’s “Belief and Knowledge” addresses the problem of everyday people misunderstanding scientific vocabulary and the concepts used with it‚ essentially degrading the worth of science. A theory is generally thought of as like a hunch or a guess‚ while in the scientific world‚ it represents an idea backed up with strong evidence and explanation. It represents a challenge for those trying to discuss using terms that have different meanings for each group of people‚ like scientists and those who are
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The Meno Paradox starts around page 79‚ in these pages Meno and Socrates argue about weather knowledge is learnable or merely a recollection. Lets start by reading the “Meno Paradox”. Meno says‚ “How will you look for it‚ Socrates‚ when you don’t know what it is? How will you aim to search for something you do not know at all? If you should meet with it‚ how will you know what to look for?”(80d) My interpretation of the text is this‚ if you know the answer to a question you cannot gain knowledge by
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Location:23335).” John Locke’s opinion on true knowledge is that it comes from the experience which comes from some kind of substance‚ such as our five senses. Locke’s purpose as he states‚ “to inquire into the original‚ certainty‚ and extent of human knowledge‚ together with the grounds and degrees of belief‚ opinion‚ and assent (Cahn‚ Location: 23347).” Firstly‚ Locke has believed that children and idiots are to be born into this world without the knowledge. But as Locke states in the text‚ “No proposition
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Plato‚ the father of philosophy‚ was a rationalist. He was the first systematic metaphysician and epistemologist. He believed that we had innate knowledge; a priori. So to him learning was only a matter of remembering. Plato believed that the “ideal” world existed beyond our own physical earth because according to him realty could not be changing or imperfect. From his point of view what we see are only the particulars‚ the mimics of the real thing‚ therefore‚ we have to pull back from the world
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In the following I will summarize Socrates’ discussion with Meno: To enjoy fine things and to have power‚ A tag from an unknown writer. At the end of the day‚ Meno has depended on an outer power‚ as opposed to his own particular considering. Desiring something good‚ aren’t they a hazardous passage‚ particularly on the grounds that there is a clear inconsistency between asserting that individuals don’t want something bad‚ and guaranteeing that what they want is actually bad. The arrangement is to
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line and belief is located right above imagination; these two segments represent the accessibility to the visible realm. Moreover‚ understanding is placed at the top of the line and thought is located right below understanding; and these two levels represent the accessibility to the intelligible. Socrates indicates that people in the imagination level barely has any knowledge. He also indicates that people who are located in the belief have beliefs but they barely have any knowledge of the things
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