
HoP 023 - MM McCabe on Knowledge in Plato
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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I Can't Know Something Without Knowing That I Know It
Socrates is more interested in how knowledge makes a difference to our psychological constituency. O can't know that something is true unless you know why it's true, he says. So at least to know one thing, you've got to know one other thing, namely, why that for amsy ry, the first thing's true. As soon as you know someing, you know two things - and i guess if i asked him, will plato tell me what it's like to know something? He would say, if you have to ask me, then, but i've already failed. Let us set for free.
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