The Meno
How does Socrates prove his theory as a solution to Meno's paradox?
Geometric demonstration (double the square)
True or False: It is better to know that you are ignorant rather than believe that you have knowledge but don't.
True
Can an argument be logically valid but still false?
Yes.
(If one or more of the premises is factually untrue, the conclusion will necessarily be so, even if the logical form is valid)
the assertion that something is true or false, either potentially or actually
proposition
What are the three acts of the mind?
Apprehension, Judgement, Reasoning
Socrates's answer to Meno's Paradox
Theory of Recollection
Contradictory statements cannot both be true at the same time and in the same respect
Principle of Non-Contradiction
What is traditionally understood as scientific knowledge?
When we know the cause on which a fact depends in an unshakable and certain way.
When a name is said of many things with different meanings
equivocal language
What are the three parts of logic?
The art of defining, the art of understanding statements, the art of syllogizing
What is the philosophical problem of "the one and the many"?
how several particular things can share a universal form
What are the first principles of knowledge?
Common sense, common experience, common logic
Can we conclude something to be scientifically true (scientific knowledge) if the premises are in doubt?
No
When a name is said of many things with the same meaning
univocal language
the concept expressing a things essence down to its fundamental properties
definition
Which Platonic dialogue features Socrates searching for the form of virtue?
The Meno
T or F: All instruction given or received by way of argument proceeds from pre-existent knowledge (first, self evident principles)
True
What are the four conditions necessary for premises (premises) in a scientific demonstration (to lead to a true conclusion)?
true; primary; immediate; better known than the conclusion
a form of reasoning and dialogue that argues about generally accepted opinions in order to arrive at a better grasp of their truth.
dialectic
logical reasoning from particular to probable universal truths
If we are ignorant of something we cannot learn it because we do not know it, but if we know something then we cannot learn it because we already possess it.
Meno's Paradox
Another word for excessive pride (thinking that we know something that we don't)
hubris
An unending chain of arguments seeking to prove that which cannot be proven by a syllogism
infinite regress
How do you humans best express their rational powers?
language
logical reasoning from universal to particular truths
deduction/deductive reasoning