Keistoji Kinikų Logika : Prieštaravimo, Netiesos Ir Apibrėžimo Negalimumas
The Strange Logic of Cynical School: Impossibilities of Contradiction, Falsehood and Definition

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses four fundamentals in the logic of cynicism: the principle of natural names of things and the principles of the impossibility of contradiction, falsehood and definition. The author of the article focuses on the essence of these principles, their negative and positive aspects and the place they hold within or beyond the general context of ancient Greek philosophy. The article concludes that the principles of the impossibility of contradiction and falsehood are deduced from the principle maintaining that each thing possesses its natural name (οἰκεĩος λόγος) expressing its own essence. The article also states that these three principles remain within the general context of ancient Greek philosophy, whereas the principle asserting the impossibility of any meaningful definition holds a place outside the above mentioned context. Finally, the tight connection between cynical logic and ethics, the core of cynicism, is accentuated.

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