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The Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens

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in the course of the Monthly Philosophical Seminar

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invites you to the next lecture of the seminar series

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Plato&rsquo\;s Republic V-VII

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by \;Gail Fine\, Professor of Philosophy Emerita at \;Cornell University and Senior Research Fellow Emerita at Merton College (Oxford)

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on: \;Truth in Republic 6

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The Seminar will take place online \;on Wednesday 28 May 2025\, 6-8pm \;(Athens GR local time).

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Those interested in attending the seminar via Zoom are kindly requested to contact Xanthippe Bourlogianni (xbourloyanni@gmail.com) to obtain the access link.

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The organizers: Alexander Nehamas\, Thanassis Gkatzaras\, Xanthippe Bourlogianni

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Abstract

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I explore Plato&rsquo\;s use of alethic terminology (that is\, his use of alê\;theia and its cognates) in Republic 6 (to 502c8)\, as well as in some related passages. I begin by describing ways in which Plato has been thought to use alethic terminology. I then go through the text\, asking whether it uses alethic terminology in those ways. It&rsquo\;s been argued that\, at least in passages that focus on metaphysics and epistemology in the so-called middle dialogues\, some sort of ontological truth is to the fore. I argue that\, at least in the passages I explore\, semantic truth is more prominent than it has sometimes been taken to be.

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