PHI 1104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: A Priori And A Posteriori

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1104
• Professor: Laura Byrne

Document Summary

The theory of the forms and doctrine of recollection. Plato names two approaches to belief and knowledge: sense of perception (unstable relationship, simply observing) and reason (stable understanding) A priori knowledge (prior to experience) bridges simply observing the gap between being and becoming . All enquiry and all learning is merely recollection. Education is recollection of innate ideas: meno"s slave familiar with geometry. Finds the answer to getting a space of 8: he who does not know may still have notions of that which he does not know.