Knowledge is Teachable

Mind 130 (518):475-502 (2021)
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At Meno 87b-c, and again in the Protagoras, Socrates commits himself to the biconditional that all knowledge, and only knowledge, is teachable

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The Stability of Knowledge.Joseph Bjelde - 2024 - Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 106 (2):145-176.
The Meno.David Ebrey - 2024 - In Vasilis Politis & Peter Larsen, The platonic mind. New York, NY: Routledge. pp. 32-45.

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Understanding Why.Alison Hills - 2015 - Noûs 49 (2):661-688.
Testimonial knowledge and transmission.Jennifer Lackey - 1999 - Philosophical Quarterly 49 (197):471-490.
Meno's Paradox and Socrates as a Teacher.Alexander Nehamas - 1985 - Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 3:1-30.

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