Plato ’ s Theory of Knowledge Ralph
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In his middle-period dialogues, Plato worked out at least the rough outlines of a distinctive theory of knowledge. According to the chronology that seems most plausible, he first sketched the outlines of this theory in Meno; then he revised and developed the theory further in Phaedo and the Republic; and finally, in Theaetetus, he probed the theory in depth, by subjecting it to a series of searching questions. In this essay, I shall propose an interpretation of the version of the theory that is presented in Phaedo and the Republic, although I shall also consider what seems to be the slightly earlier version of the theory that we find in Meno. Unfortunately, I shall not be able to pay more than the most glancing attention to Theaetetus.
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