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M.M. McCabe on the Paradox of Inquiry
Dec 14, 2008
16:41
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
Mino's Paradox About Inquiry
02:10 • 4min
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3
How a Child Learns the Colour Yellow
06:12 • 2min
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4
What Is the Answer to the Mystery of the Soul?
08:08 • 4min
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5
The Problem of Reincarnation and Recollection
12:03 • 2min
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6
Plato's Theory of Recollection
14:14 • 2min
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How do we learn anything? This isn't a puzzle until you start thinking hard about it. In his dialogue The Meno, Plato presented an apparent paradox about inquiry. M.M. McCabe discusses this paradox and its continuing relevance.