Plato's theory of knowledge

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Platonism (epistemology)
gptkbp:assertsThat knowledge is justified true belief
knowledge is recollection of the Forms
sensible world is source of opinion, not knowledge
true knowledge is of the unchanging Forms
gptkbp:centralQuestion What is knowledge?
How is knowledge different from belief?
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Edmund_Gettier
modern epistemologists
gptkbp:debatedBy Meno dialogue
Republic dialogue
Theaetetus dialogue
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature gptkb:superstition
opinion
knowledge
gptkbp:hasConcept dialectic
Forms
recollection
justified true belief
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Plato's theory of knowledge
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Aristotle
Western philosophy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Socrates
gptkbp:majorWork gptkb:Meno
gptkb:Theaetetus
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Plato
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:philosophy
allegory of the cave
theory of Forms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_Divided_Line
gptkb:the_divided_line
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7