Galen on Language and Ambiguity: An English Translation of Galen's "De Captionibus (On Fallacies)" with Introduction, Text, and Commentary |
Contents
Galen and De Captionibus | 3 |
The Concept of Ambiguity and its Relation to | 9 |
Aristotle on Fallacy and Ambiguity | 17 |
Lexis and Galens General Theory of Language | 32 |
The Sources and Method of Galens Theory | 49 |
The Stoics on Fallacy and Ambiguity | 56 |
Synoptic Analysis of De Captionibus | 69 |
Galens De Captionibus with English Translation | 87 |
Historical and Textual Commentary | 117 |
Bibliography of Ancient and Modern Sources | 137 |
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