Question

A 2021 paper by Susanne Bobzien, which jokingly accuses Gottlob Frege of plagiarizing the Stoics, notes that this concept is essentially the same as Frege’s notion of Sinn. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these “sayables” that the Stoics thought were the bearers of linguistic meaning.
ANSWER: lekta [or lekton]
[10m] This philosopher, who is credited with developing Stoic logic, argued against Philo’s material analysis of the conditional. Diogenes Laërtius popularized the legend that he died of laughter after seeing a donkey eating figs.
ANSWER: Chrysippus of Soli
[10e] The Stoics rejected modus ponens in an attempt to avoid this paradox, which Eubulides of Miletus illustrated by asking how many grains must be removed from a heap of sand before it ceases to be a heap.
ANSWER: sorites paradox
<Caleb Kendrick, Philosophy>

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Saint Peter Andre 3000Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill0101020
Team Name Think DetailThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)0101020
BHSUThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub001010
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