PHIL 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Glossary Of Riemannian And Metric Geometry, Third Man Argument, Invisibility
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3 steps to knowledge of reality: clarify the distinction between opinion and knowledge, show that we do have knowledge, explain the nature of objects that we can know. Is always true: backed up by reason; 4. Result of persuasion: math ex. show we have knowledge of truth, knowledge is about objects that endure, 3 avenues of approach to forms; cohere. Epistemological argument: one leg supporting the theory of forms. Knowledge is that of objects of realities different from those presented by the senses. Largeness is not the same as huey or gertrude. What they share is must be reality distinct from them. The form of the large: the nature of things. Answer: what we know are the forms of things: things we are acquainted with can be grouped into kinds based on commonality. Plato tells us that what they have in common is a form: some of our words don"t apply to things but to all things of certain kind.
