Scepticism and animal rationality: the fortune of Chrysippus' dog in the history of western thought

Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 79 (1):27-57 (1997)
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This paper employs the metaphor of hunting to discuss intellectual investigation. Drawing on the example of Chrysippus’ dog, an animal whose behaviour supposedly reflects disjunctive syllogistic reasoning, the article traces the history of thought. It concludes by summarizing the contribution of Chrysippus’ dog to the fields of literature, philosophy and the visual arts.

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10.1515/agph.1997.79.1.27

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Rational animals.Donald Davidson - 1982 - Dialectica 36 (4):317-28.

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