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CONTENTS

I I N T R O D U C T I O N

1. Chronology (i) General

(ii) The Theaetetus and the Sophist 2. Background: Knowledge and the Forms

(i) The Meno and Recollection (ii) Forms as Paradigms (iii) Forms as Universals (iv) Forms and Knowledge in the Timaeus (v) Conclusions

3. The Question 'What is Knowledge?' (143d-151d)

P A R T A K N O W L E D G E A N D P E R C E P T I O N

11 T H E T H E O R Y T H A T P E R C E P T I O N IS K N O W L E D G E

1. Theaetetus and Protagoras (151e-152c) 2. Protagoras and Heraclitus (1526-153d) 3. A Priori Considerations 4. First Statement: 153d-154b 5. Second Statement: 155e-157c 6. Third Statement: 157e-160a 7. Final Statement: 160a-e 8. Comments

111 T H E R E F U T A T I O N O F T H E T H E O R Y

1. The Refutation of Protagoras (161a-179c) 2. The Refutation of Heraclitus (181c-183b) 3. The Refutation of Theaetetus (184b-186e)

(i) Perception and its Objects (ii) Grasping the 'Common Things'

(iii) The Final Argument (186~7-12) (a) The 'orthodox' interpretation ' (b) Cooper's interpretation (c) McDowell's interpretation

(iv) A Comment

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I V I N T E R I M R E V I E W

1. Retrospect on Part A 2. Transition to Part B

P A R T B K N O W L E D G E A N D B E L I E F

V F A L S E B E L I E F

1. First Puzzle: Knowing what one is thinking of (187e-188c)

2. Second Puzzle: Believing what is not (188d-189b) 3. Return to the First Puzzle: 'Other-Judging'

(189c-191a) 4. First Solution: The Wax Tablet (191a-196c) 5. Second Solution: The Aviary (196~-200c) 6. Discussion 7. Transition: Knowledge as Requiring an Account

(200e-201c)

V I T R U E B E L I E F W I T H A N A C C O U N T

1. The Theory of Socrates' Dream (201c-202d) 2. The Refutation of Socrates' Dream (202e-206c) 3. Three Ways of Taking 'An Account' (206~-210a) 4. Lines of Interpretation

(i) Cornford's Interpretation (ii) Fine's Interpretation

(iii) White's Interpretation (iv) Summary

V I I E V A L U A T I O N

1. The Coherence of the Theaetetus 2. Resolution of Plato's Problem

List of Works Cited

Index