Journal article
What does “This” mean? Deixis and the semantics of demonstratives in stoic propositions
- Abstract:
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This paper reconstructs the Stoic theory of deixis in order to explain the importance placed by the Stoics on demonstrative pronouns and the so-called definite propositions they compose. I argue that these propositions are privileged by the Stoics on both ontological and epistemological grounds because of the semantic properties of their subjects. They are firstly privileged on ontological grounds because their subjects, which refer by deixis alone, bear a privileged relationship to matter, t...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- OpenEdition Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Méthodos Journal website
- Volume:
- 19
- Article number:
- 6023
- Publication date:
- 2019-02-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-10-30
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1769-7379
- ISSN:
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1626-0600
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1089056
- Local pid:
- pubs:1089056
- Deposit date:
- 2020-02-26
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- Copyright holder:
- Marion Durand
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- Les contenus de la revue Methodos sont mis à disposition selon les termes de la Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification 4.0 International.
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