Open AccessChryzypa twierdzenie o naturalnej wieloznaczności wyrazów
Author(s) -
Mikołaj Domaradzki
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
studia philosophica wratislaviensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1895-8001
DOI - 10.19195/895-8001.15.2.9
Subject(s) - ambiguity , contradiction , conviction , natural (archaeology) , context (archaeology) , mythology , poetry , linguistics , natural language , epistemology , philosophy , history , law , theology , political science , archaeology
The purpose of this paper is to analyze Chrysippus’ claim about natural ambiguity of words. The present account assumes that the concept formation mechanisms that were outlined by the Stoics throw some light on the notorious contradiction between the claim about natural relationship between words and things, on the one hand, and the claim about natural ambiguity of words, on the other. We know neither the context of Chrysippus’ postulate nor the examples with which he illustrated it. Thus the following analyses are obviously speculative.However, the interpretations of myths and poetry that were put forward by Chrysippus sit very well with his conviction that ambiguity and figurativeness are common and natural in language.