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Phaedo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Using the Socratic Method and the Recollection Argument, he cleverly proved that the soul exists before birth and that it is immortal. In this paper, I will explain Socrates’ line of reasoning by using the words of the philosophers engaged in the discussion recollected in Phaedo and a metaphor of my own.
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The argument as given at Phaedo 74-76 concerns the concept of equality, but it could equally well be given with respect to a number of different concepts (any concept that might have some claim to being an a priori concept).
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of the doctrine of recollection as Plato formulates it in the Phaedo and at ...... Phaedo Plato wants recollection to result in knowledge of the Forms, but ...
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This is the way recollection seems to be understood in the Phaedo. Recollection is the epistemological mechanism, and the Forms are the objects to which the mechanism is applied.
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1. RECOLLECTION--mythical and rational interpretations. Plato's theory of recollection lends itself to both a mythological or literal and a symbolic and 'logical', i.e. rational interpretation. ... 2. APRIORI KNOWLEDGE--two meanings. The idea that knowledge comes in two forms, empirical or a posteriori, and normative or...
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The main argument of the Phaedo for the Theory of Recollection and the Immortality of the Soul (73c-75c) ... 4. a priori knowledge, which is based on our having these concepts, is prenatal. (Theory of Recollection)
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