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Attributing belief and judgements in Plato’s Gorgias, Meno and Theaetetus

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17/11/2020
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Long, Alex
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B Philosophy (General)
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In Plato’s Theaetetus Socrates explains what it is to have a doxa, a judgement or belief. A doxa is a self-addressed affirmation or denial that comes into existence when, after giving a question thought, the subject settles on one answer. Two passages seem to conflict with this account of doxa. In the Gorgias a belief is attributed to Polus on the strength of what he is committed to by his other beliefs. But Socrates is trying to show complexity in an apparently universal consensus on Polus’ side, and the point of the belief-attribution cannot be understood without recognizing that Socrates speaks of what other people, not only Polus himself, believe. In the Meno a slave in the grip of perplexity is said to contain true doxai. But Socrates does not mean that the slave at that time believes the answer to the geometrical problem.
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Long , A 2020 , ' Attributing belief and judgements in Plato’s Gorgias , Meno and Theaetetus ' , Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy , vol. 58 , 3 , pp. 59-90 . https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198858997.003.0003
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198858997.003.0003
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0265-7651
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Copyright © 2020 The Author. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted 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-58-9780198858997?lang=en&cc=gb
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