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Epicurus on Truth and Falsehood

Abstract:
Sextus Empiricus ascribes to Epicurus a curious account of truth and falsehood, according to which these characteristics belong to things in the world about which one speaks, not to what one says about them. I propose an interpretation that takes this account seriously and explains the connection between truth and existence that the Epicureans also seem to recognise. I then examine a second Epicurean account of truth and falsehood and show how it is related to the first.
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Peer reviewed

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10.1163/15685284-12341315

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Queens College
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Publisher:
Brill Academic Publishers
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Phronesis More from this journal
Volume:
61
Issue:
4
Pages:
463-503
Publication date:
2016-09-15
Acceptance date:
2016-04-10
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EISSN:
1568-5284
ISSN:
0031-8868


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2017-11-07

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