Truth and Relativism in Ancient Philosophy

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This volume offers a sustained examination of ancient Greek philosophical accounts of truth. Thinkers from the Sophists and Presocratics to the Hellenistic schools gave substantial attention to the nature of truth, to what kinds of things are capable of being true, and to how truth may vary with perspective, context, or standards of assessment. A distinguished cast of world-leading scholars examine these diverse positions, showing how ancient philosophers grappled with questions that remain central today: whether truth is absolute or relative, how faultless disagreement is possible, and what it is for a statement to be correct relative to different parameters of assessment. The result is a rich historical and philosophical account showing the complexity of ideas about truth in Greek antiquity.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-30
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor300
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009664523

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Tamer Nawar is ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona. He was previously Assistant and then Associate Professor at the University of Groningen. He is the author of numerous articles in journals including Journal of the History of Philosophy, Mind, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Philosophers' Imprint, Phronesis, and The Philosophical Quarterly. Matthew Duncombe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Ancient Relativity: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics and Sceptics (2020), Relative Change (Cambridge, 2020), and numerous articles on ancient Greek philosophy. He has held research fellowships from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, the British Academy, and KU Leuven.

Introduction: Truth and Relativism in Ancient Greek Philosophy Tamer Nawar; 1. Protagorean Relativism Revisited Noburu Notomi; 2. Variations of Subjectivism in Greek Philosophy: The Case of Perception Gábor Betegh and Voula Tsouna; 3. Pinning Down Plato's Protagoras John MacFarlane; 4. Plato on Truth Gail Fine; 5. Truth and Relativity in Plato's Phaedo Jan Szaif; 6. Capacity, Being Relative-to, and Truth in Plato's Sophist Blake Hestir; 7. Does Aristotle's Theory of Relativity Commit Him to Protagoreanism? Matthew Duncombe; 8. Aristotle on Truth, Correspondence, and Relativity Tamer Nawar; 9. Relativity in Early Pyrrhonism Richard Bett; 10. Epicureans on Truth and Relativism Alexander Bown; 11. The Stoics on Past and Future Truths Marion Durand; 12. Relativism and Skepticism without Disagreement Katja Maria Vogt; General Index; Index locorum.