Questions: Question 5 Plato claims that when we gain knowledge of the forms, we are using reason to learn something new. using sense data to discover a priori truths. relying on the principle of induction. recalling what we knew in a previous life.

The answer is recalling what we knew in a previous life.

While Plato emphasizes the use of reason in understanding the forms, his theory of knowledge, particularly in the context of the forms, is more about recollection than learning something entirely new.

Plato distinguishes between the world of forms and the sensory world. He argues that sense data are unreliable for discovering true knowledge, which is found in the realm of forms, not through sensory experience.

Induction involves deriving general principles from specific observations, which is more aligned with empirical methods. Plato's theory of forms is not based on induction but on the idea of innate knowledge.

Plato's theory of anamnesis suggests that learning is a process of recollecting knowledge that the soul knew before birth. This aligns with his belief that knowledge of the forms is innate and remembered rather than newly acquired.