Wisdom, Ingenuity and Prediction

By Nate Meyvis

The Theaetetus ends with Socrates discussing three proposals for a definition of logos. These proposals are parts of a larger treatment of knowledge as true judgment with an account (logos). Socrates rejects each of the three proposals, and the dialogue ends aporetically.

Commentators have discussed Socrates' reasons for dismissing each of these proposals, whether these dismissals are justified or not, and what to make of Socrates' or Plato's commitment to the knowledge-as-true-judgment-with-a-logos schema in light of Socrates' arguments. Some commentators make much of the fact that the rejections create an aporia, and others do not. Both emphasizing and de-emphasizing the state of aporia have been done with a variety of motivations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835206182
• ISBN13: 9781835206188
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Areeb Irshad
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"