Except isn't Plato's view a bias? He's saying that it can be found in the mystical practice of mathematics and defining good as something specific. Can we say Plato knew truth or that his own desires, experiences, wants and needs defined it?
Not sure..
We are trained to think beyond the information given, to use logic to deduce an answer that is not provided and assume that our deduction is the correct one. The "truth". But what if the logic that takes us there is flawed? What if it is influenced by bias? Then the truth is in a way distorted? Don't know may be overthinking it.
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Date: 2005-11-14 01:11 am (UTC)Can we say Plato knew truth or that his own desires, experiences, wants and needs defined it?
Not sure..
We are trained to think beyond the information given, to use logic to deduce an answer that is not provided and assume that our deduction is the correct one. The "truth". But what if the logic that takes us there is flawed? What if it is influenced by bias? Then the truth is in a way distorted? Don't know may be overthinking it.