2013 rey ty plato on knowledge and opinion
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© 2013 Rey Ty
Plato
on Knowledge & Opinion
Rey TyNorthern Illinois University
© 2013 Rey Ty
Plato’s Divided LineKnowledge (Epistēmē)
Opinion(Doxa)
True Intelligence
(Noēsis)
Mathematical Reasoning(Diaonia)
Belief(Pistis)
Illusion(Eikasia)
World of Forms Physical WorldSource: Julian Baggini. (2013). Philosophy: All that matters. London: Hodder Education, p. 14.
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Grades of Being
(Meta-
physics)
Knowledge Opinion
Ethical Forms (The
Good)
Mathe-matical Forms
Physical Objects
Fleeting shadows
Grades of Knowing (Episte-mology)
Intelligence= Intuitive
reason
Thinking = understanding
Belief = Faith,
conviction
Imagining =
appearing
Dialectical DeductiveTrue
opinionEveryday
reality
Invisible, Immutable, eternal, ideal
Visible, changing, ephemeral, real
Source: Michael Picard. (2012). Philosophy: Adventures in thought & reasoning. NY: Metro Books, p. 21.
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References• Julian Baggini. (2013).
Philosophy: All that matters. London: Hodder Education.
• Michael Picard. (2012). Philosophy: Adventures in thought & reasoning. NY: Metro Books.
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Plato on Knowledge & OpinionRey Ty
Northern Illinois University