Relativism, the position that things are for each as they seem to each, was first formulated by Protagoras in the fifth century BC. Mi-Kyoung Lee examines his challenge to the possibility of knowledge and truth, and how the three most important philosophers of the next generation, Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus, responded to it.
Relativism, the position that things are for each as they seem to each, was first formulated by Protagoras in the fifth century BC. Mi-Kyoung Lee examines his challenge to the possibility of knowledge and truth, and how the three most important philosophers of the next generation, Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus, responded to it.
1: Introduction 2: Protagoras' Aletheia 3: Protagoras and relativism 4: Self-refutation and contradiction 5: The Secret Doctrine in Plato's Theaetetus 6: Aristotle on Protagoras and the Theaetetus 7: Aristotle on Protagoras and early conceptions of thinking and perceiving 8: Democritus on appearances and perception: the early sources 9: Democritus on knowledge and the senses: the late sources 10: Conclusion
1: Introduction 2: Protagoras' Aletheia 3: Protagoras and relativism 4: Self-refutation and contradiction 5: The Secret Doctrine in Plato's Theaetetus 6: Aristotle on Protagoras and the Theaetetus 7: Aristotle on Protagoras and early conceptions of thinking and perceiving 8: Democritus on appearances and perception: the early sources 9: Democritus on knowledge and the senses: the late sources 10: Conclusion
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