History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 023 - MM McCabe on Knowledge in Plato
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Mar 7, 2011 AI Snips
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Knowledge As Systematic Explanation
- Plato treats knowledge as systematic and tied to explanation rather than isolated facts.
- Knowing X requires knowing why X is true, so knowledge expands into interconnected truths.
Knowing That You Know
- Plato requires internal self-knowledge: you must know that you know to properly count as a knower.
- This self-awareness reshapes the soul and links epistemic states to moral character.
Virtue And Knowledge As States Of Soul
- Plato connects knowledge and virtue because both are 'states of soul' that change the agent internally.
- This shared form explains why wisdom can be presented as the central good in Plato's ethics.