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This 7 page paper provides in question and answer format, an overview of Plato's philosophy, particularly as it goes to forms. Other issues are addressed, such as government types. Plato's epistemological assumptions are also discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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X, before they begin to even discuss X (Honderich 684). Plato comes to the realization that the reason that nothing comes up in respect to the search for X is
because it is unreliable (884). He did however conclude that every instance of X would also yield the opposite of X (684). Then he acknowledges the fact that people could
not come to conclusions--for example, recognize the color red--unless there were examples of it in the first place (684). In other words, how does someone know something is red unless
they see it? The logical conclusion to this dilemma is that there is a kind of intrinsic knowledge. In fact, in Meno, Plato talks about a priori knowledge (684).
What the philosopher meant by a priori knowledge is everything a person knows that is known without experience. In other words, there is knowledge particular to a human beings
experience that is separate and apart from the experience he or she has on the planet. One might call it intrinsic, or something someone just knows without having had learned
or experienced it before. In discussing the concept, one may be tempted to ask, how does anybody know anything? That question to the average man who does not embark
on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanations of Priests and Rabbis, does not probe into the subconscious but merely lives day to
day, would seem absurd. How does anybody know anything? They learn from school and from their daily experiences. Yes, the typical man admits that there may be intrinsic knowledge and
that the tabula rasa hypothesis is a bit outdated, but he rarely goes beyond that. ? ? b) Define Platos Forms and present the theory of Forms
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