Θεαίτητος

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Θεαίτητος is a Platonic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue
philosophical work
author Plato
canonicalStatus widely studied in ancient philosophy
centralQuestion What is knowledge?
chronologicalRelation dramatically set shortly before Socrates’ trial
conclusionStyle aporetic ending
containsArgumentType analysis of perception
critique of definition by examples
refutation of relativism
dialogueForm Socratic dialogues of Plato
surface form: Socratic dialogue
examinesDoctrine Heraclitean flux theory
Protagorean relativism
knowledge as true judgment
knowledge as true judgment with an account
knowledge is perception
featuresCharacter Euclid of Megara
surface form: Euclides of Megara

Terpsion
Theodorus of Cyrene
featuresMathematicianAsCharacter Theaetetus
surface form: Theaetetus of Athens
featuresPhilosopherAsCharacter Socrates
genre early-middle transitional dialogue
historicalPeriod Classical Greece
influencedField epistemology in Western philosophy
influencedPhilosopher Bertrand Russell
Edmund Gettier
Immanuel Kant
language Ancient Greek
mainCharacter Socrates
Theaetetus
mentionsEvent trial of Socrates
surface form: Socrates’ impending appearance before the Athenian court
modernDisciplineRelevance analytic epistemology
narrativeDevice recollection of a past conversation with Socrates
openingScene conversation between Euclides and Terpsion
philosophicalProblem conditions for justified belief
definition of knowledge
possibility of false judgment
relation between knowledge and perception
philosophicalTheme epistemology
nature of knowledge
relatedWork Πολιτικός
Σοφιστής
settingLocation Athens
structure framed narrative
survivesAs part of the Platonic corpus
titleInEnglish Theaetetus
traditionalPlacementInCorpus Middle dialogues of Plato
surface form: middle dialogues of Plato

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Theaetetus hasTitleInGreek Θεαίτητος