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    A "Conception" of Truth in Plato's Sophist
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 41 (1): 1-24. 2003.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:A "Conception" of Truth in Plato's SophistBlake E. Hestir (bio)1. IntroductionPlato's solution to the problem of falsehood carries a notorious reputation which sometimes overshadows a variety of interesting developments in Plato's philosophy. One of the less-noted developments in the Sophist is a nascent conception of truth which casts truth as a particular relation between language and the world. F. M. Cornford, for one, in his tran…Read more
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    Some Remarks on “of Two Minds”
    Southwest Philosophy Review 18 (2): 141-145. 2002.
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    Aristotle on Truth (review)
    International Philosophical Quarterly 46 (1): 127-129. 2006.
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    Plato on Truth and the Problem of Falsehood
    Dissertation, The Florida State University. 1998.
    Plato conceives of truth in two different ways: on the one hand, truth is an object which philosophers aim at in dialectic, yet, on the other hand, truth is treated as a quality of a particular brand of statements and beliefs . Examples of both of these conceptions can be found in almost all of Plato's dialogues, though the former conception of truth is most visible in the Republic , while the latter conception is expressed most succinctly in the Sophist. My intent is to offer an explanation of …Read more
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    A Few Remarks on “Plato’s Naivete”
    Southwest Philosophy Review 15 (2): 109-112. 1999.
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    Aristotle on Truth
    International Philosophical Quarterly 46 (1): 127-129. 2006.
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    Aristotle’s Conception of Truth: An Alternative View
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 51 (2): 193-222. 2013.
    Aristotle famously proclaims at Metaphysics Г.7, 1011b26–27: To men gar legein to on mê einai ê to mê on einai pseudos, to de to on einai kai to mê on mê einai alêthes, . . . Aristotle is inclined to think of this as a definition of truth and falsehood;1 we are inclined to wonder what he means by it. Perhaps a reasonable approximation in English would amount to something like: Tdf: For to state [of] that which is [that] it is not or [of] that which is not [that] it is [is] false, and [to state o…Read more
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    Plato’s beard
    Southwest Philosophy Review 16 (1): 11-22. 2000.
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    A Few Remarks on “The Philosopher-Ruler”
    Southwest Philosophy Review 26 (2): 71-75. 2010.
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    What is the nature of truth? Blake Hestir offers an investigation into Plato's developing metaphysical views, and examines Plato's conception of being, meaning, and truth in the Sophist, as well as passages from several other later dialogues including the Cratylus, Parmenides, and Theaetetus, where Plato begins to focus more directly on semantics rather than only on metaphysical and epistemological puzzles. Hestir's interpretation challenges both classical and contemporary interpretations of Pla…Read more
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    A "Conception" of Truth in Plato's Sophist
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 41 (1): 1-24. 2003.
    I argue that in Plato's _Sophist, the account of true and false statement which emerges within the discussion of not being and falsehood neither entails nor outwardly suggests any of the traditional characterizations of a correspondence "theory" of truth. On the contrary, what emerges is a minimalistic "conception" of truth which requires neither positing the existence of facts nor formulating an explanatory definition of truth. I make comparisons with Aristotle's discussion of truth in the _Cat…Read more