Platonic Notes

Relativism- there is no such thing as a universal truth, instead truth is relative

Ways of Knowing-
Knowledge by description (platonic knowledge; propositional knowledge; knowing that)- can be communicated and had to be described and be understood by any reasonable person.

Requirements of Knowledge
Justification- empiricism (induction)
- authority
-Rationalism (deduction)
- memory
Truth- must be public, independent, eternal
Belief- necessary but not sufficient

Kennen to have knowledge that (zinuoti)
Wissen - to have knowledge of (pazysti)

Who knows more about childbirth?

An OBGYN or a woman with 5 kids?

The OBGYN knows more of "knowing that"
The doctor is familiar with the medical practices and innermost workings of childbirth

The woman knows more about "knowing how"
The woman knows how to give birth in terms of how to push the baby out and is familiar with the pain involved in the birth process.


Knowing how can be broken down into knowing that, but knowing that, can not be built up to knowing how.

I can know how to ride a bike because I know that I should pedal now.
I can know a math equation, but I can't know how to do math, just from reading it.