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The paraphrased saying, though widely attributed to Plato's Socrates in both ancient and modern times, actually occurs nowhere in Plato's works in precisely the form "I know I know nothing." [ 7 ] Two prominent Plato scholars have recently argued that the claim should not be attributed to Plato's Socrates.
I know that I know nothing, a saying that is sometimes (somewhat inaccurately) attributed to Socrates; Socratic fallacy, the view that using a word meaningfully requires being able to give an explicit definition of it; Socratic intellectualism, the view that nobody ever knowingly does wrong
I know that I know nothing: Purportedly said by Socrates. Kleene–Rosser paradox: By formulating an equivalent to Richard's paradox, untyped lambda calculus is shown to be inconsistent. Knower paradox: "This sentence is not known." Liar paradox: "This sentence is false." This is the canonical self-referential paradox.
Socrates is known for disavowing knowledge, a claim encapsulated in the saying "I know that I know nothing". This is often attributed to Socrates on the basis of a statement in Plato's Apology , though the same view is repeatedly found elsewhere in Plato's early writings on Socrates. [ 104 ]
This statement relates to Socrates' understanding and attitude towards death and his commitment to fulfilling his goal of investigating and understanding the statement of the Pythia (i.e., that there was no one wiser than Socrates).
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Solipsism (/ ˈ s ɒ l ɪ p s ɪ z əm / ⓘ SOLL-ip-siz-əm; from Latin solus 'alone' and ipse 'self') [1] is the philosophical idea that only one's mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist outside the mind.
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