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Crivelli, Paolo

PLATO'S ACCOUNT OF FALSEHOOD A Study of the Sophist Fine in Fine dust jacket

Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Year of publication
2012
Author
Crivelli, Paolo
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Keyword
Sophists Plato & Platonic Dialogues Philosophers And Philosophy
Cover description
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0521199131

Description

Some philosophers argue that false speech and false belief are impossible. In the Sophist, Plato addresses this 'falsehood paradox', which purports to prove that one can neither say nor believe falsehoods (because to say or believe a falsehood is to say or believe something that is not, and is therefore not there to be said or believed). In this book Paolo Crivelli closely examines the whole dialogue and shows how Plato's brilliant solution to the paradox is radically different from those put forward by modern philosophers. He surveys and critically discusses the vast range of literature which has developed around the Sophist over the past fifty years, and provides original solutions to several problems that are so far unsolved. His book will be important for all who are interested in the Sophist and in ancient ontology and philosophy of language more generally. ; 322 pages