Eubulides of Miletus
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Eubulides of Miletus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher of the Megarian school, best known for formulating several famous logical paradoxes.
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| Eubulides of Miletus canonical | 10 |
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Target entity: Eubulides of Miletus Context triple: [liar paradox, historicalAttribution, Eubulides of Miletus]
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Gorgias
Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that examines the nature of rhetoric, justice, and the good life through a debate between Socrates and the sophist Gorgias.
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Gorgias
Gorgias was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and rhetorician renowned for his skillful, ornamental style of speech and his skeptical, paradoxical philosophical arguments.
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Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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Μενέξενoς
Μενέξενoς is the Ancient Greek form of the name Menexenus, known from classical Athenian history and literature, including Plato’s dialogues.
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Timaeus of Tauromenium
Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Eubulides of Miletus Target entity description: Eubulides of Miletus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher of the Megarian school, best known for formulating several famous logical paradoxes.
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A.
Gorgias
Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that examines the nature of rhetoric, justice, and the good life through a debate between Socrates and the sophist Gorgias.
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B.
Gorgias
Gorgias was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and rhetorician renowned for his skillful, ornamental style of speech and his skeptical, paradoxical philosophical arguments.
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Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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Μενέξενoς
Μενέξενoς is the Ancient Greek form of the name Menexenus, known from classical Athenian history and literature, including Plato’s dialogues.
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E.
Timaeus of Tauromenium
Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
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Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek philosopher
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Megarian philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ logician ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Megara
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Miletus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| era | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
logic
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philosophy ⓘ |
| floruit | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
foundational role in study of paradoxes
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influence on development of formal logic ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | oral teaching ⓘ |
| influenced |
Stoic logicians
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later Hellenistic logicians ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Euclid of Megara ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Electra paradox
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Heap paradox ⓘ Hooded man paradox ⓘ Curry paradox ⓘ
surface form:
Horned man paradox
liar paradox ⓘ
surface form:
Liar paradox
Masked man paradox ⓘ Sorites paradox ⓘ logical paradoxes ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Megarian school ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
paradoxes of vagueness
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semantic paradoxes ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Diodorus Cronus ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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teacher ⓘ |
| paradoxFormulated |
Electra paradox
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Heap paradox ⓘ Hooded man paradox ⓘ Masked man paradox ⓘ
surface form:
Horned man paradox
liar paradox ⓘ
surface form:
Liar paradox
Masked man paradox ⓘ Sorites paradox ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Megarian school ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Miletus ⓘ |
| subjectOf | ancient doxographical reports ⓘ |
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