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Importantly, in the Meno, Socrates treats some epistemological themes. At 71b, Socrates raises a paradox. The paradox, called Meno's Paradox, is as follows: how can I know anything about X if I do not know what X is?
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www.uvm.edu/~jbailly/courses/Socrates/Notes/meno.html
www.uvm.edu/~jbailly/courses/Socrates/Notes/meno.html
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Meno raises an objection to the entire definitional search in the form of (what has been called) “Meno’s Paradox,” or “The Paradox of Inquiry” (Meno 80d-e).
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faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/menopar.htm
faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/menopar.htm
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Socrates does seem to take Meno's Paradox seriously, and he responds by ... It is now time to criticise Meno's Paradox and Socrates' Theory of Recollection. ...
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www.eden.rutgers.edu/~journal/papers/harman.pdf
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Socrates has taken on the challenge of Meno's paradox, driving the differences between experiencing a notion and having a preexisting knowledge of thus. ... Meno brings to us a paradox about this subject, and declaring it as Meno’s Paradox. Is it impossible to bring this theory apart however? Socrates has taken on...
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/14854/socrates_and_hi...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/14854/socrates_and_his_approach_to_menos.html
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In this section of the dialogue, the objection raised by Meno relates to the entire definitional search, and it is formally known as Meno's Paradox or The Paradox of Inquiry.
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everything2.com/title/Meno%2527s+Paradox
everything2.com/title/Meno%2527s+Paradox
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MENO’S PARADOX AND PLATO’S VIEW THAT LEARNING IS RECOLLECTION ... MENO: But how will you look for something when you don't in the least know what it is? How on earth are you going to set up something you don't know as the object of your search? To put it another way, even if you come right up against it,
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www.mc.maricopa.edu/~yount/text/plato-meno-recollection...
www.mc.maricopa.edu/~yount/text/plato-meno-recollection.html
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The argument for Meno's Paradox is therefore flawed: it commits the fallacy of equivocation. But beyond it lies a deeper problem. And that is why Plato does not dismiss it out of hand. That is why in response to it he proposes his famous "Theory of Recollection."
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www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/c/cohen/phil320/menopar...
www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/c/cohen/phil320/menopar.htm
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Meno's Paradox is a sharper form of Plato's Problem. Whereas Plato's Problem requires us to reduce the gap between knowledge and evidence, Meno's Paradox raises the frightening prospect that we could be immersed in an ocean of evidence and would not recognize it for what it is.
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www.chass.utoronto.ca/~dresher/Menoabs.html
www.chass.utoronto.ca/~dresher/Menoabs.html
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Thesis: It is impossible to find the answer to the question ‘What is F ... Proof: One either knows the answer or he does not. (‘The dilemma’) But if ... On the other hand, if one does not know the answer, then he has no idea of what an F is, and so he would not recognize the right answer even if he stumbled on it.
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www.fordham.edu/gsas/phil/klima/PHRU1000/Menos_Paradox....
www.fordham.edu/gsas/phil/klima/PHRU1000/Menos_Paradox.htm
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