PHL200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Greek Mathematics, Platonic Realism, General Idea
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The strategy of this argument is to show that this principle is applicable to cognitive activities we unquestionably engage in. The application of the principle is, you could not have done this, unless you already had experience of that which you are cognizing. This is the basic structure of the recollection argument: a couple of premises for the recollection argument are problematic. To say that we could not have done what we did without having previously experience a platonic form sounds really excessive. We could not have experience it unless it was a case of recollecting that in virtue of which we have those experience: the particular case in this example is two things being equal. If this were to be the argument, it would be obvious that one would retort, i learned about [mathematical concept of] equality in jk. at some point, you learned this.
