How Plato's Theory of Truth Explains the Socratic Method : Consistency is the Test of Truth.

This book argues that Plato?s Socrates subscribes to a coherence theory of truth, and according to that theory, there is only one fully consistent set of beliefs: the set which contains all and only true members. Thus, not only does inconsistency between two beliefs indicate that at least one of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jenks, Rod
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Temas:
Plato.
Socrates.
Plato
Socrates
Truth > Coherence theory.
Vérité > Théorie de la cohérence.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Truth > Coherence theory
Philosophy & Religion.
Philosophy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book argues that Plato?s Socrates subscribes to a coherence theory of truth, and according to that theory, there is only one fully consistent set of beliefs: the set which contains all and only true members. Thus, not only does inconsistency between two beliefs indicate that at least one of them is false, but the consistency of a belief with the other beliefs in the system suffices for its truth.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (236 pages)
ISBN:9780773422049
0773422048

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