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1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Contents |
HOW PLATO'S THEORY OF TRUTH EXPLAINS SOCRATIC METHOD: Consistency is the Test of Truth; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Special Acknowledgments; Chapter I -- The Problem of the Elenchos; Chapter II -- The Coherence Theory of Truth; Chapter III -- The Coherence Theory within the Platonic Corpus; Chapter IV -- Coherence and Anamnesis; Chapter V -- Socratic Ignorance and the Coherence Theory of Truth; Chapter VI -- The Uniqueness of the World; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Indices; General Index; Index of Names; Index Locorum |
| Summary |
This book argues that Plato?s Socrates subscribes to a coherence theory of truth, and according to that theory, there is only one fully consistent set of beliefs: the set which contains all and only true members. Thus, not only does inconsistency between two beliefs indicate that at least one of them is false, but the consistency of a belief with the other beliefs in the system suffices for its truth |
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English |
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Plato
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Socrates
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Plato fast |
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Socrates fast |
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Truth -- Coherence theory.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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Truth -- Coherence theory
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Philosophy.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773422049 |
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0773422048 |
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