Explain the Criticisms of Plato's Theory of the Forms.

Plato's theory of forms, also called his theory of ideas, states that there is another world, separate from the material world that we live in called the "eternal world of forms". This world, to Plato, is more real than the one we live in. His theory is shown in his Allegory of the Cave (from The Republic, Book VII), where the prisoners only live in what they think is a real world, but really it …showed first 75 words of 1618 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1618 total…criticisms of his theory to be more valid. There are many reasons for the criticisms to be valid, and many why they are not. I personally think that most of them are not valid and if even nowadays many people believe Plato's theory then there must be some truth in it. Bibliography *Foundation for the Study of Religion - Libby Ahluwalia *Plato - R.M.Hare *Philosophy: an Introduction - Mel Thompson *Encarta - Plato