The first, pertaining to ethics and morality, is that ethical behaviour requires knowledge, and that the knowledge must be of eternal moral and ethical values which are unchanging and cannot be subject to subjective opinion. (CSUN.edu, Plato: Theory of Knowledge 2006) Plato believes that true knowledge must be infallible. Plato believes that how we perceive things is not knowledge, as perception means appearance. (CSUN.edu, Plato: Theory of Knowledge 2006) An easier way of explaining this is by using what is referred to as The Tripartite Theory of Knowledge. This is the three conditions which one must pass in order to possess knowledge. The three criteria are belief, truth, and knowledge. The first condition is belief. If one cannot believe something, it cannot be knowledge. True or not, if one does not believe it to be true then it cannot be said to be known to be so. (Theoryofknowledge.info nd) The second condition is truth. If the thing is known, then it must be true. If you have belief but not truth, then it cannot be true (Theoryofknowledge.info nd). The third and final condition to be met is justification. To know something, it is not sufficient to believe it, they must be able to justify their belief. (Theoryofknowledge.info nd) Aristotle critiszed the Theory of Forms in Metaphysics, in which he said “Above all, one might ask what in the world the Forms contribute to our understanding of perceptible things.” (Aristotle,
The first, pertaining to ethics and morality, is that ethical behaviour requires knowledge, and that the knowledge must be of eternal moral and ethical values which are unchanging and cannot be subject to subjective opinion. (CSUN.edu, Plato: Theory of Knowledge 2006) Plato believes that true knowledge must be infallible. Plato believes that how we perceive things is not knowledge, as perception means appearance. (CSUN.edu, Plato: Theory of Knowledge 2006) An easier way of explaining this is by using what is referred to as The Tripartite Theory of Knowledge. This is the three conditions which one must pass in order to possess knowledge. The three criteria are belief, truth, and knowledge. The first condition is belief. If one cannot believe something, it cannot be knowledge. True or not, if one does not believe it to be true then it cannot be said to be known to be so. (Theoryofknowledge.info nd) The second condition is truth. If the thing is known, then it must be true. If you have belief but not truth, then it cannot be true (Theoryofknowledge.info nd). The third and final condition to be met is justification. To know something, it is not sufficient to believe it, they must be able to justify their belief. (Theoryofknowledge.info nd) Aristotle critiszed the Theory of Forms in Metaphysics, in which he said “Above all, one might ask what in the world the Forms contribute to our understanding of perceptible things.” (Aristotle,