Conceptions of truth in Plato's Sophist
The paper seeks to specify how, according to Plato’s Sophist, true statements achieve their being about objects and their saying that ‘what is about such objects is’. Drawing on the 6th definition of the sophist, I argue for a normative-teleological conception of truth in which the best condition of...
Main Author: | Peramatzis, M |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2020
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