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66Plato's Account of Falsehood: A Study of the SophistCambridge University Press. 2011.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. 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 …Read more
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Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |
History of Western Philosophy |