The knowledge unacknowledged in the Theaetetus
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22/12/2016Author
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Knowledge, says Hypothesis 3 of the Theaetetus, is true judgement with an account. Socrates explicates this additively: true judgement is the base, and something called ‘an account’ the addendum. The formula is additive not because it shows knowledge entailing true judgement while being something more. Additivity implies something stronger: that the true judgement that amounts to knowledge if combined with something else would have been available on its own in the absence of this something else, hence in the absence of knowledge. The paper explores what the Theaetetus and Sophist show about this additive theory of knowledge. It argues that (at least for some cases of knowledge) the theory is rejected in the Sophist, and has already been called into question in connection with Hypothesis 2 of the Theaetetus.
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Broadie , S J 2016 , ' The knowledge unacknowledged in the Theaetetus ' , Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy , vol. 51 , pp. 87-117 . https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198795797.003.0003
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
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Peer reviewed
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0265-7651Type
Journal article
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© Sarah Broadie 2016. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-studies-in-ancient-philosophy-volume-51-9780198795803
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