Plato's Epistemology: Being and Seeming

Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2021)
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Plato's Epistemology presents an original interpretation of one of the central topics in Plato's work: epistemology. Moss argues, against the grain of much modern scholarship, that Plato's epistemology is radically different from our own.

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9780198867401   0198867409   0198888546

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10.1093/oso/9780198867401.001.0001

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Introduction.  (pages 1-12)
Plato’s “Two Worlds” Epistemology.  (pages 13-49)
Plato’s Objects-Based Epistemology.  (pages 50-85)
Epistêmê Is of What Is.  (pages 86-112)
The Basic Conception of Epistêmê at Work.  (pages 113-131)
What Is Epistêmê?  (pages 132-139)
Doxa Is of What Seems.  (pages 140-154)
The Basic Conception of Doxa at Work.  (pages 155-195)
What Is Doxa?  (pages 196-206)
Epistemology in the Earlier Dialogues.  (pages 207-218)
Epistemology in the Theaetetus.  (pages 219-233)
Conclusion.  (pages 234-242)

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