Greek Influences

Question 1

Plato timings:

Answer 1

after socrates, before aristotle - some of his books were actually the thought of socrates rather than plato

Question 2

Plato criticisms:

Answer 2

what if forms are just ideas inside people’s heads (memes) that are passed around through communication? (Dawkins)
when you take the forms to the logical extremes, they become senseless (bertrand russell)
forms are platos way of coping with a world in flux (popper)
Third man argument - form for the relationship between two things, infinitely (aristotle)

Question 3

Plato stans:

Answer 3

Descartes - soul separate and knows stuff a priori

Kant - rationalist, two worlds