Belief and truth : a skeptic reading of Plato / Katja Maria Vogt.

'Belief and Truth' explores a Socratic intuition about belief doxa - belief is 'shameful.' In aiming for knowledge, one must aim to get rid of beliefs. Vogt shows how deeply this proposal differs from contemporary views, but that it nevertheless speaks to intuitions we are likely...

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Main Author: Vogt, Katja Maria, 1968-
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Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
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