Plato’s Meno‚ Socrates and Meno do not obtain a definition of virtue‚ while Socrates thinks that virtue is a kind of knowledge‚ and if virtue is knowledge‚ then it should be able to be both defined and taught. But most virtuous persons (virtue being some sort of excellence or another) don’t seem to be able to teach "virtue" to their own children (as told to Meno by Socrates). As a consequence of this‚ it is problematic for both Plato and Socrates to suppose that virtue is a sort of knowledge. What
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Meno begins his quest to have Socrates explain virtue by nature by stating that having beautiful things is to have virtue. “So I say that virtue is to desire beautiful things and have the power to acquire them” (77b). To help him to understand that this statement is not complete‚ Socrates inquires about specific characteristics that might comprise having something beautiful. These characteristics include wealth‚ a position of honor‚ justice‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Only in perfect combination
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Tan Belief has been described as “certainty about what cannot be seen”. Does this statement hold true any‚ some or all areas of knowledge? Over the years‚ philosophers have tried to grapple with the concepts of belief‚ certainty and knowledge. Despite numerous controversial claims and arguments that come from both sides‚ we have yet to come upon a general consensus. However‚ the contention here is that belief can contribute to all areas of knowledge. Even though belief can be associated
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Knowledge vs. Belief There is a quote by an unknown person that says‚ "In all the world there are only two kinds of people‚ those who know‚ and those who do not know; and this knowledge is the thing which matters." The quite adequately describes my knowledge that my father loves and cares for me. I know‚ based on life experiences‚ that my father loves me. I choose to classify my father ’s love for me as something that I know to be true and factual because the way in which I can explain and
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Meno Paper Assignment Can virtue be taught? Plato starts off the Meno with this simple question. Prior to answering this question‚ Socrates is adamant about first understanding what virtue is. Socrates and Meno go back and forth throughout the story attempting to figure out the definition of virtue. When they come to the conclusion that they do not know what virtue is‚ they attempt to prove whether virtue can be taught‚ is attainable by practice‚ or is simply possessed by nature. As Meno asks
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True Knowledge – Descartes vs. Plato Many philosophers have tried to figure out what exactly true knowledge is. For years they have been asking questions and looking deep into the mind to better understand the methods needed to get to true knowledge. If we go back to some of the earliest philosophers we meet Plato in Greece. Plato tried to take on the question himself in a fictional conversation he wrote up between Socrates and Meno‚ and in which we see some insight to what he believes it is
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ancient Greece suggests‚ though‚ at least that part of its world and epoch represented by Meno is that such concerns are not only unnecessary‚ but futile. In Meno’s world‚ there are Know-It-Alls and Know-Nothings. There are no In-Betweens. When Meno challenges Socrates: “Is virtue teachable?” Socrates‚ volleys back‚ “What is virtue?” Meno then posits that it is impossible for Socrates to discover what virtue is
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Charles Miller Philosophy Introduction to Knowledge Prof. Polger 23 February 2015 Paper #1 In Meno‚ Plato believed that learning is recollection‚ as previously voiced by Socrates. Plato also believed that this argument was valid argument that because perception can deceive us‚ it can be wrong‚ so our knowledge must come from recollection. Setting this up as a deductive argument is simple. Stated by the IEP (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) “A deductive argument is an argument that is intended
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The Meno is a Platonic dialogue where the character Socrates is posed a question on the nature of virtue by a young Thessalian for which the dialogue is named; specifically‚ he asks if virtue is teachable or rather something that is the result of practice or if it is neither but an inherent trait of human nature. Socrates admits he is ignorant of what virtue is and it‚ therefore‚ Unable to answer the question Socrates and Meno seek out to find the form of Virtue and its teachability.. . The text
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a piece of information that happens to be true but that someone believes for invalid reasons‚ such as a faulty premise‚ counts as knowledge. It is named after American philosopher Edmund Gettier‚ who wrote about the problem in a three-page paper published in 1963‚ called "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?". The paper refers to the concept of knowledge as justified true belief‚ credited to Plato‚ though Plato argued against this very account of knowledge in the Theaetetus . In the paper‚ Gettier
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