The Stoics on Ambiguity

The Stoics on Ambiguity

by Catherine Atherton
ISBN-10:
0521047722
ISBN-13:
9780521047722
Pub. Date:
12/03/2007
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521047722
ISBN-13:
9780521047722
Pub. Date:
12/03/2007
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The Stoics on Ambiguity

The Stoics on Ambiguity

by Catherine Atherton
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Overview

Stoic work on ambiguity represents one of the most innovative, sophisticated and rigorous contributions to philosophy and the study of language in Western antiquity. This book is both the first comprehensive survey of the often difficult and scattered sources and the first attempt to locate Stoic material in the rich array of contexts, ancient and modern, which alone can guarantee full appreciation of its subtlety, scope and complexity. It is designed to be accessible to readers with no Greek or Latin.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521047722
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/03/2007
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
Pages: 584
Product dimensions: 5.55(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements; Typographical conventions; List of abbreviations; 1. The scope of this book; 2. Sources and materials; 3. Morality talks: the origins and limits of Stoic interest in ambiguity; 4. The Stoic definition of ambiguity; 5. The Stoic classifications 1: the sources; 6. The Stoic classifications 2: Stoic types of ambiguity; 7. Ambiguity and the fallacy; 8. The influence of Stoic teaching; 9. A survey of conclusions; Appendix: the classification of linguistic fallacies in Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations; Bibliography; Index locorum; General index.
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