Pyrrho and Vagueness: A Fregean Analysis

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2023-01-01

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Güremen, Refik

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Pyrrho of Elis advises us not to trust our sensations and opinions, but instead to be without opinions about individual things. He suggests that such a state is to be achieved by saying, concerning each individual thing, that it is "no more"a certain way than it is not. This paper argues that the current metaphysical reading of Pyrrho's views falls short of explaining why we should not trust our sensations and opinions; in addition, it does not explain how to achieve the state of being "without opinions"about individual things. It is argued that a Fregean analysis of Pyrrho's views can provide satisfactory answers to both questions. The purpose of the paper, however, is to refine, rather than rebut, the metaphysical reading.

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indeterminacy, non-assertion, non-contradiction, Pyrrho, vagueness

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/106221

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