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Single Idea 2087

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism]

Full Idea

A rational account might be forming an image of one's belief, as in a mirror or a pond.

Gist of Idea

A rational account might be seeing an image of one's belief, like a reflection in a mirror

Source

Plato (Theaetetus [c.368 BCE], 206d)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Theaetetus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1987], p.124


A Reaction

Not promising, since the image is not going to be clearer than the original, or contain any new information. Maybe it would be clarified by being 'framed', instead of drifting in muddle.