IT would have been a real treat for philosophers to have a genuine study of Plato's “Theory of Knowledge” by Prof. Cornford. As it stands, however, the title of the book is misleading as it offers no ...

The dichotomy between truth and appearance, and the devaluation of appearance, is rooted in pre-Socratic philosophy. Just as Plato leant upon Heraclitus’ flux for his conception of the sensible world ...

This blog series maps out the key elements of human knowledge to help folks make better sense of the world. Part I introduced the idea of dividing knowledge up into the domains of the objective, ...

Art could really be dangerous. Plato’s expressive theories of art could even be more dangerous. Art, certainly, is not as precarious as Plato makes us believe. In Book Tenof The Republic, Plato, one ...

New research shows a Platonic ideal may be true after all: The world may primarily break into cubes, and not just in Minecraft. In a new paper, researchers from the U.S. and Hungary go through a ...