Knowledge as recollection: Slave boy example - PROMPTED AND NOT RECOLLECTION
Allegory of the cave - illuminates the philosophers' task. Shadows on the wall - we believe what we see is real -
ESCAPEE SEES REALITY!
There are universal forms in the world that are abstract, spaceless, timeless. E.g: a chair has the form
chairness - IT CAN BE CHIPPED AT AND RESHAPED BUT WE WILL STILL RECOGNISE IT AS A
CHAIR BECAUSE OF THE FORM
CRITICISMS: ARISTOTLE: leap to forms = mysterious PLATO'S
OWN CRITICISM: third man argument - form of man requires
man or equals an infinite regress!