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Plato’s Account
Plato, thoroughly discussing false beliefs and the truth of knowledge through accounts, heavily explains what accounts are based on elements, judgment, and knowledge in Theaetetus. Exemplified by his statement: “if added to a true judgment, [education] becomes the most perfect of knowledge,” he emphasizes accounts — also known as justification — are required for knowledge to be attained. Accounts are thus merely reasons and interpretations in which people have pure knowledge. In the works of philosophy, Plato explains knowledge is a “true judgment with account,” meaning knowledge is only obtainable through justification (accounts) and accurate conclusions. I often find myself coming to false conclusions (assumptions rather), for my accounts leading up to the conclusions are not based on true knowledge: they are based on my own values that I deem true myself, so they are not universally true. Knowledge is a necessity to gain more knowledge, so my credibility is lessened due to my lack of rationality through truth of understanding. When adding an account as reasoning behind a claim, it turns into the acknowledgement that everything is different. This is due to the true judgment that knowledge is distinctive and that knowing each element of a whole is an account.
True justification — when using Plato’s philosophy — is the account that each element is known while “complex by complex is without account.” This…
