Megarian school
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The Megarian school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, founded by Euclid of Megara, known for its focus on logic, dialectical argument, and the nature of possibility and necessity.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Megarian school of philosophy | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Socratic school
ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophical school ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eleatic monism
ⓘ
Socratic dialogues tradition ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
denial of change in the Eleatic tradition
ⓘ
identification of the Good with the One ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| era | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| focus |
analysis of propositions
ⓘ
conditions for truth and falsity of statements ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Euclid of Megara ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
logical necessity
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logical possibility ⓘ master argument of Diodorus ⓘ strict conditional ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Stoic logic
ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
surface form:
Stoic school
|
| influencedBy |
Eleatic school
ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of propositional logic
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logical paradoxes ⓘ study of modal logic ⓘ use of dialectical argument ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
dialectic
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logic ⓘ modal concepts ⓘ necessity ⓘ possibility ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Megara ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Diodorus Cronus
ⓘ
Eubulides of Miletus ⓘ Euclid of Megara ⓘ Ichthyas ⓘ Stilpo ⓘ |
| opposedViewTo | Aristotelian potentiality ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
ethics
ⓘ
logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
eristic argument
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reductio ad absurdum ⓘ |
| region | Megara ⓘ |
| relatedSchool |
Cynic school
ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
surface form:
Stoic school
|
| tradition | Western philosophy ⓘ |
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