In aiming for knowledge, one must aim to get rid of beliefs. Vogt shows how deeply this proposal differs from contemporary views, but that it nevertheless speaks to intuitions we are likely to share with Plato, ancient skeptics, and Stoic epistemologists.
In aiming for knowledge, one must aim to get rid of beliefs. Vogt shows how deeply this proposal differs from contemporary views, but that it nevertheless speaks to intuitions we are likely to share with Plato, ancient skeptics, and Stoic epistemologists.
Katja Maria Vogt is Professor of Philosophy, at Columbia University. She is the author of Law, Reason, and the Cosmic City (OUP, 2007)
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. What is Ignorance? Plato on Presumed Knowledge, Wishful Thinking, and Not Understanding Your Own Thoughts 2. Belief and Investigation in Plato's Republic 3. Belief and Truth in Plato's Theaetetus 4. The Nature of Disagreement: Ancient Relativism and Skepticism 5. The Aims of Skeptical Investigation 6. Skepticism and Concepts: Can the Skeptic Think? 7. Why Beliefs Are Never True: A Reconstruction of Stoic Epistemology 8. Concluding Remarks: Skepticism and Relativism Bibliography
Introduction 1. What is Ignorance? Plato on Presumed Knowledge, Wishful Thinking, and Not Understanding Your Own Thoughts 2. Belief and Investigation in Plato's Republic 3. Belief and Truth in Plato's Theaetetus 4. The Nature of Disagreement: Ancient Relativism and Skepticism 5. The Aims of Skeptical Investigation 6. Skepticism and Concepts: Can the Skeptic Think? 7. Why Beliefs Are Never True: A Reconstruction of Stoic Epistemology 8. Concluding Remarks: Skepticism and Relativism Bibliography
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