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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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • HOW PLATO'S THEORY OF TRUTH EXPLAINS SOCRATIC METHOD: Consistency is the Test of Truth; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Special Acknowledgments; Chapter I
  • The Problem of the Elenchos; Chapter II
  • The Coherence Theory of Truth; Chapter III
  • The Coherence Theory within the Platonic Corpus; Chapter IV
  • Coherence and Anamnesis; Chapter V
  • Socratic Ignorance and the Coherence Theory of Truth; Chapter VI
  • The Uniqueness of the World; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Indices; General Index; Index of Names; Index Locorum.