The focus is to analyze features of a mathematical passage in Plato's Theaetetus and evaluate Theaetetus's skills in making definitions.
Philosophical analysis of the text at Theaetetus 147 d –148 b
Assessment of Theaetetus's approach to defining concepts
Identified key mathematical features in the passage
Evaluated Theaetetus's effectiveness as a definition-maker
Abstract
Abstract Some features of the mathematical passage at Plato, Theaetetus 147 d –148 b, are presented; the ability of Theaetetus as a definition-maker is thereby assessed.