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I suspect the Greeks are being mischaracterized here. Would they, for example, have considered the statement "all unicorns have a horn" to be false? In fact,
by ummonk 7y ago
I suspect the Greeks are being mischaracterized here.
Would they, for example, have considered the statement "all unicorns have a horn" to be false?
In fact, the post mentions the statement "all stonemen are made of stone" which is assumed to be true under the greek logic, but according to the explanation should be false because there are no stonemen.
- eru 7y agoYour last example should be "all stonemen are made of wood". That would be true under one of the modern interpretations, but false under the Greek one? Your example ""all stonemen are made of stone" would be true under both modern and supposed Greek interpretations.
- earthboundkid 7y agoI think Boethius would say all stonemen are made of stone is false.
- eru 7y agoHmm, I guess I have to re-read.
- earthboundkid 7y agoI believe the consensus literature today says Aristotle was open to indeterminate values (there’s a huge debate about the meaning of his “there will be a sea battle tomorrow” example which is taken to be indeterminate), but Boethius botched the Latin translation and said all unicorns have horns is false. I could be wrong though.