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Document type :
Article dans une revue scientifique
DOI :
10.1163/156853408X297679
Title :
Signification and Truth. Epistemology at the Crossroads of Semantics and Ontology in Augustine's Early Philosophical Writings
Author(s) :
Cesalli, Laurent [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Journal title :
Vivarium
Pages :
123-154
Publisher :
Brill Academic Publishers
Publication date :
2008
ISSN :
0042-7543
English keyword(s) :
Augustine
semantics
theory of signs
numbers and proportions
skepticism
theory of truth
theory of judgment
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie
English abstract : [en]
Th is article is about the conception of truth and signification in Augustine's early philosophical writings. In the first, semantic-linguistic part, the gradual shift of Augustine's position towards the Academics is treated ...
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Th is article is about the conception of truth and signification in Augustine's early philosophical writings. In the first, semantic-linguistic part, the gradual shift of Augustine's position towards the Academics is treated closely. It reveals that Augustine develops a notion of sign which, by integrating elements of Stoic epistemology, is suited to function as a transmitter of true knowledge through linguistic expressions. In the second part, both the ontological structure of signified (sensible) things and Augustine's solution to the apparent tautologies of mathematical truths are examined. Again his notion of sign turns out to be the keystone; this time, however, the natural in contrast to the conventional sign of linguistic expressions. In their complementarity, both parts show how Augustine intensely struggles with and (partially) overcomes the skepticism of the sensible world through his conception of sign and signification.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Non spécifiée
Popular science :
Non
Comment :
Co-authored with Nadja Germann
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