Knowledge and Forms in Plato's Educational Philosophy |
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| Authors: | Mason Marshall |
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| Institution: | Religion and Philosophy Division, Pepperdine University |
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| Abstract: | In this essay, Mason Marshall argues that Plato's views on Forms play a central role in his educational philosophy. In response to what certain commentators have recently written, Marshall contends that this interpretation not only is accurate but also is advantageous because of how it can help philosophy of education. He also addresses the view, proposed by one philosopher of education, that Plato believes that the most valuable sort of knowledge cannot be fully expressed in words and that the objects of this knowledge are something other than transcendent Forms. Preferable to that view, Marshall argues, is the idea that Plato wants knowledge of Forms which is nonrepresentational. |
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| Keywords: | Plato knowledge Forms aims of education interpretation ineffability |
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