Gorgias’ Argument does not Include Actual Conditionals
Philosophy of Science and Logic
Miguel López - Astorga
Talca University, Chile
Published 2018-10-22
https://doi.org/10.15388/Problemos.2018.93.11753
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Keywords

conditional, Gorgias, logical form, mental models theory, non-existence

How to Cite

López - Astorga, M. (2018) “Gorgias’ Argument does not Include Actual Conditionals”, Problemos, 93, pp. 81–89. doi:10.15388/Problemos.2018.93.11753.

Abstract

[straipsnis ir santrauka anglų kalba, santrauka lietuvių kalba]

It can be thought that Gorgias’ argument on the non-existence consists of three sentences, the first one being an asseveration and the other two being conditionals. However, this paper is intended to show that there is no conditional in the argument, and that the second and third sentences only appear to be so. To do that, a methodology drawn from the framework of the mental models theory is used, which seems to lead to the true logical forms of these last sentences as well.

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